ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Longwood University won three singles contests, and two of the three doubles matches for the point, en route to a 4-3 first-round victory against Gardner-Webb University on Wednesday at the 2013 Big South Conference Women's Tennis Championship in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The Lancers (7-13) received wins in singles from sophomore
Malin Allgurin/Värnamo, Sweden at No. 2, along with juniors
Sarah Moomau/Winchester at No. 4 and
Nicole Parker/Richmond at No. 6 against the Bulldogs (8-13), who had won the regular-season match between the two schools, 5-2, on April 7 in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Longwood advances to play host and No. 1 Winthrop University in a quarterfinal contest on Thursday morning, April 18 at 8 a.m. in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Against G-WU in the match-opening doubles competition, seniors
Marta Pinyol/Barcelona, Spain and
Allison Shulman/Richmond fell No. 1, 3-8. Allgurin and Moomau won at No. 2, 8-5. Senior
Hannah Hill/Portsmouth and Parker won at No. 3 by forfeit. Moomau won the decisive match in singles at No. 4, 6-4, 6-2. Allgurin won at No. 2, 6-4, 6-3. Parker won at No. 6 by forfeit. Pinyol fell at No. 1, 1-6, 1-6. Shulman fell at No. 3, 0-3, retired. Hill fell at No. 5, 3-6, 4-6.
Doubles
1. Jenny Lunde/Erica White (GWU) def. PINYOL, Marta/SHULMAN, Allison (LW-W) 8-3
2. MOOMAU, Sarah/ALLGURIN, Malin (LW-W) def. Yasmin Doost/Rokia Sacko (GWU) 8-5
3. PARKER, Nicole/HILL, Hannah (LW-W) def. Valeriia Popko/Ronia Hutterli (GWU), by forfeit
Singles
1. Erica White (GWU) def. PINYOL, Marta (LW-W) 6-1, 6-1
2. ALLGURIN, Malin (LW-W) def. Yasmin Doost (GWU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Jenny Lunde (GWU) def. SHULMAN, Allison (LW-W) 3-0, retired
4. MOOMAU, Sarah (LW-W) def. Valeriia Popko (GWU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Rokia Sacko (GWU) def. HILL, Hannah (LW-W) 6-3, 6-4
6. PARKER, Nicole (LW-W) def. Ronia Hutterli (GWU), by forfeit
