Jan. 31, 2008

Final Stats

The USC Upstate women's tennis team saw its first NCAA Division I dual match spoiled on Thursday night, falling to Southern Conference foe Davidson, 7-0, in non-conference action at the Knobloch Indoor Tennis Center.

The Spartans (0-1) fell in all nine matches during the evening match, with the doubles team of junior Anna Novo (Caracas, Venezuela/El Angel) and freshman Emilia Milovanovic (Paris, France/CNED) narrowly losing to the No. 1 doubles pair of Kelsey Linville and Virginia Berry of Davidson, 9-7. In singles, senior Susana Hernandez (Cali, Colombia/Colegio Americano) almost took the first set against Berry before falling, 7-5, and dropping the second set, 6-2.

The Spartans will look to rebound with their DI dual meet era home opener at the USC Upstate Complex, as they host North Carolina A&T on Friday at 3 p.m.

Results
Davidson 7, USC Upstate 0
DOUBLES
No. 1 - Linville/Berry (Dav.) def. Novo/Milovanovic (UPST) - 9-7
No. 2 - Fanney/Teresa Wang (Dav.) def. Hernandez/Lovera (UPST) - 8-1
No. 3 - Whelan/Rauh (Dav.) def. Herrera/Martinez (UPST) - 8-2

SINGLES
#1 - Kelsey Linville (Dav.) def. Anna Novo (UPST), 6-2, 6-2
#2 - Virginia Berry (Dav.) def. Susana Hernandez (UPST), 7-5, 6-2
#3 - Kim Whelan (Dav.) def. Emilla Milovanovic (UPST), 6-1, 6-1
#4 - Michelle Fanney (Dav.) def. Diana Martinez (UPST), 6-0, 6-3
#5 - Alison Rauh (Dav.) def. Maria Herrera (UPST), 6-0, 6-3
#6 - Meredith Skeeters (Dav.) def. Vivian Neuenschwander (UPST), 6-0, 6-2