Women's tennis ready for second weekend of spring season

King University

Carson-Newman

Doubles

Hannah Price / Tash Forrest (C-N)
def. Marylin Roustand / Lauren Smorgonsky (KING)

6-0

Alisa Liashova / Anita Chornei (C-N)
def. Isla Bell / Murphy Harr (KING)

6-0

Klara Vuckovic / Ana Carla Resende (C-N)
def. No player / No player (KING)

1-0

Singles

Ana Carla Resende (C-N)
def. Marylin Roustand (KING)

6-0, 6-1

Hannah Price (C-N)
def. Lauren Smorgonsky (KING)

6-0, 6-2

Anita Chornei (C-N)
def. Isla Bell (KING)

6-0, 6-0

Tash Forrest (C-N)
def. Murphy Harr (KING)

6-0, 6-2

Klara Vuckovic (C-N)
def. Morgan Buchanan (KING)

6-0, 6-0

Alisa Liashova (C-N)
def. No player (KING)

1-0

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Milligan

Carson-Newman

Doubles

Vuckovic, Klara / Ana Carla Resende (C-N)
def. Kaitlin Barrett / Minda Martin (MILLIGAN)

6-1

Hannah Price / Tash Forrest (C-N)
def. McKenzie Grady / Karson Light (MILLIGAN)

6-0

Alisa Liashova / Anita Chornei (C-N)
def. Marlaina Peterson / Hannah Nelson (MILLIGAN)

6-1

Singles

Ana Carla Resende (C-N)
def. Minda Martin (MILLIGAN)

6-0, 6-0

Hannah Price (C-N)
def. McKenzie Grady (MILLIGAN)

6-0, 6-4

Anita Chornei (C-N)
def. Karson Light (MILLIGAN)

6-1, 6-0

Tash Forrest (C-N)
def. Kaitlin Barrett (MILLIGAN)

6-1, 6-2

Vuckovic, Klara (C-N)
def. Rachel Dove (MILLIGAN)

6-0, 6-0

Alisa Liashova (C-N)
def. Marlaina Peterson (MILLIGAN)

6-0, 6-0

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Posted: Feb 07, 2020

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. -- Much like opening weekend, Carson-Newman women's tennis is set for a pair of weekend matches at the Knoxville Racquet Club when the Eagles face Milligan College on Saturday and King on Sunday.

Splitting the weekend series against Martin Methodist (forfeiture win) and Lee (5-2 loss) the Eagles (1-1) will be challenged in Saturday's tilt versus the Buffaloes (2-1).

After a contested loss in last Saturday's match against Lee, Frederick stressed how important the oft sought-after doubles point is. He will be looking to see improvement from his pairings heading into the second weekend of the spring season, tweaking the lineup to feature Ana Carla Resende (Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Klara Vuckovic at the No. 1 doubles position.

Ukrainian teammates Anita Chornei and Alisa Liashova will pair together for No. 3 doubles.

"We played poor doubles (last weekend), and we can play with it (the lineup) for another month," Frederick said. "Once we get into conference play, we have to know what we're going to do and keep that doubles lineup the same."

Head coach Jim Frederick knows that his women's team will be tested Saturday, with the biggest keys to victory being closing out the contested singles matches in addition to the doubles point.

In the fall season of action, Milligan took down a pair of South Atlantic Conference foes in Mars Hill (5-2 win) and UVa Wise (4-3 win) and hope to continue their winning ways versus the SAC in the team's spring opening against C-N. It is the Buffaloes first dual match since Oct. 23.

Milligan posted a 16-12 record overall last season and are returning all four singles players who finished the 2019 season with winning records in dual match play.

Sunday morning play against the Tornado (1-4) sees C-N face off against a team that posted a 1-17 record in 2019, respectively. Three of the Tornado's four losses in the fall came against SAC schools in Tusculum, Mars Hill and UVa Wise.

Opening serve at the Knoxville Racquet Club is set for 2 p.m. Saturday against Milligan and 10 a.m. Sunday versus King.