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February 16, 2006

LAURINBURG, NC—The Barton College women’s tennis team shutout host St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 9-0, in both squads Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference (CVAC) season opener on Thursday at the Scotland County Tennis Complex.

The Lady Bulldogs improved to 1-1 on the season and 1-0 in the CVAC while the Knights dropped to 0-2 and 0-1.

Chelsea Hsieh and Vanesa Van der Heever started the scoring for Barton with an 8-0 victory at No. 1 doubles over Ashley Walters and Morgan Worthington. The Lady Bulldogs swept the doubles matches with 8-2 wins in the other two doubles contests.

In singles play, senior April Rowe won the most games for St. Andrews, but still fell victim to Jessica Galasso (6-3, 6-1) at No. 5 singles. No. 1 Hsieh blanked Walters (6-0, 6-0); No. 2 Van der Heever downed Worthington (6-1, 6-0); No. 3 Allison Cobb defeated Kellie Milam (6-1, 6-0); No. 4 Meaghan Lynch edged Charleen Cook (6-2, 6-1); and No. 6 Summer Chase was victorious over Shannon Hitzeman (6-2, 6-0)

The Knights visit CVAC rival Mount Olive on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. while the Lady Bulldogs travel to non-conference USC Aiken on Saturday.

WOMEN’S TENNIS : Barton 9, St. Andrews 0

Singles
#1 Chelsea Hsieh (BC) def. Ashley Walters (SAPC) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Vanesa Van der Heever (BC) def. Morgan Worthington (SAPC) 6-1, 6-0
#3 Allison Cobb (BC) def. Kellie Milam (SAPC) 6-1, 6-0
#4 Meaghan Lynch (BC) def. Charleen Cook (SAPC) 6-2, 6-1
#5 Jessica Galasso (BC) def. April Rowe (SAPC) 6-3, 6-1
#6 Summer Chase (BC) def. Shannon Hitzeman (SAPC) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles
#1 Hsieh/Van der Heever (BC) def. Walters/Worthington (SA) 8-0
#2 Galasso/Cobb (BC) def. Rowe/Cook (SA) 8-2
#3 Kristia Cedeno/Chase (BC) def. Milam/Tanya Darmanie (SA) 8-2

RECORDS: Barton (1-1 overall; 1-0 CVAC), St. Andrews (0-2 overall; 0-1 CVAC)

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