Lady Warrior Win Streak Now at Five
The Lady Warriors picked up two more victories this season against Hendrix College and the University of the Ozarks. Serling squeaked out a win over Hendrix, 5-4, and was dominant in a 9-0 win over Ozarks. Sterling is now 5-0 in the spring season.
VS Hendrix
Natalia Antkowiak and Giovana Gaboardi got Sterling on the board securing one of the three doubles points and they each won their singles matches as well earning more than half of Sterling's five points. Sofia Tominaga and Ana Alvarez also won their singles matches as Sterling earned their fourth win of the season.
Singles:
Tominaga (SC) def. Burks (HC) (6-4, 3-6, 10-8)
Alvarez (SC) def. Stephens (HC) (6-2, W/D)
Self (HC) def. Mararitov (SC) (6-4, 6-0)
Leffingwell (HC) def. Carlson (SC) (1-6, 7-5, 10-2)
Antkowiak (SC) def. Huckelbury (HC) (6-0, 6-0)
Gaboardi (SC) def. Adcox (HC) (6-0, 7-5, 10-7)
Doubles:
Burks/Stephens (HC) def. Tominaga/Alvarez (SC) (8-2)
Leffingwell/Self (HC) def. Carson/Margaritov (SC) (8-6)
Antkowiak/Gaboardi (SC) def. Adcox/Huckelbury (HC) (8-1)
VS Univ. of the Ozarks
The Lady Warriors ran away with a dominant victory over the University of the Ozarks securing wins in all nine matches. No match went to points as Sterling won in two all across the board.
Singles:
Tominaga (SC) def. Nelligan (UO) (6-0, 6-1)
Alvarez (SC) def. Bradford (UO) (6-1, 6-3)
Margaritov (SC) def. Saniseng (UO) (6-2, 6-0)
Carlson (SC) def. Smith (UO) (6-0, 6-3)
Antkowiak (SC) def. Jones (UO) (6-0, 6-0)
Gaboardi (SC) def. Pope (UO) (7-5, 6-1)
Doubles:
Tominaga/Alvares (SC) def. Bradford/Smith (UO) (8-1)
Margaritov/Carlson (SC) def. Nelligan/Pope (UO) (8-2)
Antkowiak/Gaboardi (SC) def. Gayle/Jones (UO) (8-1)
Sterling starts up conference play on Saturday morning, March 16th, at the University of Saint Mary. The meet is scheduled to start at 11 am.
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