Misenheimer, NC- The lady Cobras took on the current third place team in the CVAC conference yesterday Pfeiffer University. The match got started with doubles and the Pfeiffer women came out strong from the outset dominating at number one doubles. Pfeiffer gained an early lead and raced to an 8-2 victory over Andrea Santos and Jill Smith.

 

The closest match came at number two doubles with Davis and Spencer fighting hard. The match was primarily played from the baseline with all the players hitting solid crosscourt shots. Davis and Spencer played well but fell short and lost 8-5. The number three doubles was again all Pfeiffer with a comfortable win 8-3 over Konopa and Schaum.

 

The Singles matches were next up for the Cobras and they needed to come out strong at the top three positions to get back into the match. However Pfeiffer had other ideas and once again came out playing some great tennis in the early singles matches. Both Santos and Spencer for Coker fort hard against there Pfeiffer opponents but were overpowered in their respective matches.

 

The Closest the Cobras came to winning a match was number four singles Neely Davis. Davis came out slow in the first set which was mainly due to a problem with her contact lenses. Davis lost the first 6-2. The second set was a different story as Davis fixed her contact lenses and took the set to a tie break. Davis and Bobrowski exchanged points early in the breaker and it was extremely close. However Bobrowski played two great points at 5 all and won the breaker 7-5. The match ended with a 9-0 win for Pfeiffer University.

 

The Cobras now move to 4-7 for the year and 2-4 in conference. The Cobras next match is Today 30th March away at UNC Pembroke.

 

Results

 

Doubles

Watts/Stroup (Pfeiffer) def. Santos/Smith (Coker) 8-2

Reyes/Thomas (Pfeiffer) def. Spencer/Davis (Coker) 8-5

Bobrowski/Smith (Pfeiffer) def. Konopa Schaum (Coker) 8-3

 

Singles

Watts (Pfeiffer) def. Santos (Coker) 6-2, 6-1

Stroup (Pfeiffer) def. Spencer (Coker) 6-0, 6-2

Reyes (Pfeiffer) def. Smith (Coker) 6-0, 6-1

Bobrowski (Pfeiffer) def. Davis (Coker) 6-2, 7-6(5)

Thomas def. Konopa (Coker) 6-1, 6-0

Smith (Pfeiffer) def. Schaum (Coker) 6-1, 6-2