Women's Tennis | 4/6/2021 8:39:00 PM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The University of Charleston's women's tennis team knocked West Liberty from the ranks of the Mountain East Conference unbeatens here Tuesday with a 6-1 win at the Schoenbaum courts.
Coach
Heather Gallagher's Hilltoppers (6-2, 3-1) saw their five-match winning streak go by the boards as the host Golden Eagles (10-2, 4-0) breezed to their ninth straight win.
Charleston jumped on the Black and Gold quickly, losing only a single game in sweeping all three doubles matches to take the doubles point.
Nathalia Valencia came up big for West Liberty at No. 2 singles, outlasting UC's Katie Swann in a tiebreaker to help the Hilltoppers avoid the shutout.
The WLU women step out of MEC play this weekend, traveling to Slippery Rock (Pa.) on Saturday for a 1 p.m. match.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Charleston 6, West Liberty 1
Singles
Prinkle Singh (UC) d.
Gemma Cliffe 6-0, 6-2
Nathalia Valencia (WLU) d. Katie Swann 6-4, 6-7(6), 1-0(8)
Alexiann Drouin (UC) d.
Ishika Agarwal 6-1, 6-1
Haarini Balakrishnan (UC) d.
Luisa Agudelo 6-3, 6-2
Barbara Balancho (UC) d. Jaqueline Pena Aceves 6-2, 6-2
Julia Lif (UC) d.
Alexandra Olson 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Lif/Singh (UC) d. Cliffe/Agarwal 6-0
Swann/Drouin (UC) d. Agudelo/Aceves 6-0
Meggan William/Balakrishnan (UC) d. Valencia/Olson 6-1
