February 07 , 2006

Scoresheet

PEMBROKE, NC—The University of North Carolina at Pembroke women’s tennis team won all six singles matches and all three doubles matches to down St. Andrews 9-0 in the season opener Tuesday afternoon. With the win, UNCP starts the year 1-0, while St. Andrews fell to 0-1.

The Lady Braves got the season off to a hot start winning all three doubles points to give UNCP a quick 3-0 lead. The doubles combos of Stacey Wood and Natalie Dies, along with Erin Saltzman and Jessica Figgins disposed over their opponents 8-2, while Ivana Music’ and Amy Hardin downed St. Andrews duo of Kellie Milam (Emporia, KS) and Shannon Hitzeman (Chicago, IL) 8-4.

In the singles matches, Pembroke overmatched St. Andrews winning all six matches by decisive margins. At number one, Wood continued her solid play by blanking Ashley Walters (St. Pauls, NC) 6-0 in the first set and then clinched the point with a 6-1 win in the second set. Saltzman, Wood’s doubles partner, then followed up with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Morgan Worthington (Kinston, NC) at number two, while Dies edged Milam 6-2, 6-1 to take the win at number three.

At number four, Music’ tallied wins of 6-1 and 6-0 over Charleen Cook (Riverside, CA), as teammate Figgins took down April Rowe (Elizabeth City, NC) 6-3, 6-0 in the number five match, while the freshman, Hardin, won her first collegiate match 6-2, 6-4 over Tanya Darmanie (Santa Cruz, Trinidad).

St. Andrews will host their home-opener against non-conference Catawba on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

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