#44 COBRAS CLINCH 4-3 WIN OVER BEARS IN STUNNING FASHION

Hartsville, SC – Words simply cannot describe how electric the finish of this match was. With the match tied at a 3-3 team score, Caroline Myers comes through clutch to win a three-setter to clinch against the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne!

By The Numbers

Final Score: Coker 4, Lenoir-Rhyne 3
Records: Coker 10-4 (6-2 SAC), Lenoir-Rhyne 6-6 (4-3 SAC)
Location: Hartsville, SC | Coker Tennis Courts

Full Results

Doubles:

Jade Bellegy / Emerson Banning: 6-0 win
Tamara Macias / Ilona Hernandez-Sanchez: 4-6 loss
Caroline Myers / Salomé Sierra: 2-6 loss

Singles:

Bellegy: 6-1, 6-4 win
Hernandez-Sanchez: 3-6, 1-6 loss
Banning: 6-4, 6-0 win
Sierra: 4-6, 3-6 loss
Macias: 6-3, 6-3 win
Myers: 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win

How It Happened

The Cobras found themselves on the wrong end of a heartbreaker in the doubles point. Bellegy and Banning won on Court 1 in a massive 6-0 outing to put the Cobras up, but LR was able to put away courts two and three to take the victory and head up 1-0. In singles, it was a quick start for the Cobras, with both Bellegy and Banning getting dominant straight-set victories on courts one and three, respectively, to put Coker up 2-1.

It was a back-and-forth in the singles matchups, as a loss for the Cobras on court two evened the team score at 2-2. Then, in another dominant Coker win, Macias polished off her opponent in straight sets to make it 3-2. After the Bears tied it up at 3-3 with a Coker loss on four, it was all down to court six.

A rough start turned into an amazing finish on court six, with everyone on the edge of their seats to see who would prevail. It was a 6-2 win in the first set for LR, but Myers came back and evened it up at a set apiece with a 6-4 victory. It all came down to a third-set decision with a win for either side on the line. After falling down a break at 1-3, Myers came back and won four of the next five games (including two breaks) to head up 5-4. In a deciding game, Myers served it out without dropping a point and took the third at 6-4 to seal the 4-3 victory for the Cobras!

Notables

• Last season, the Cobras fell to the Bears 4-3 in the same way that they defeated them today (tied 3-3 and lost in a three-setter). This ultimately kept Coker out of the eight-team SAC playoffs, finishing in ninth just one game behind.
• Bellegy continues her dominant reign, not dropping a set in almost a month

Up Next

The Cobras will have some time off before facing the top team in the SAC and a top-ten team in the nation in the form of the Catawba Indians. That match will be on the road and begin at 11:00 AM ET.