Nationally Ranked Opponents Tusculum and Wingate to Meet in SAC Women's Tennis Championship Final

Team Stats

Lenoir-Rhyne

Tusculum

Score

Doubles

Annie McCullough / Caitlin McCullough (TU)
def. Marta Escanero Funes / Emily Murchland (LR)

6-3

Julia Lopez / Africa Mota (TU)
def. Gemma Southwick / Diana Babinets (LR)

6-4

Sanne Janssen / Lucy Whelan (LR)
def. Emilie Hansen / Brittani Brooks (TU)

6-2

Singles

Annie McCullough (TU)
def. Gemma Southwick (LR)

6-2 , 3-6 , 7-6 (7-5)

Caitlin McCullough (TU)
def. Iulia Ponomareva (LR)

6-1 , 6-1

Emilie Hansen (TU)
def. Diana Babinets (LR)

6-2 , 6-2

Marta Escanero Funes (LR)
def. Julia Lopez (TU)

6-3 , 3-6 , 6-4

Ally Garofoli (LR)
def. Martina Marras (TU)

6-2 , 7-6 (7-2)

Africa Mota (TU)
def. Emily Murchland (LR)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

Team Stats

Queens University of Charlotte

Wingate

Score

Doubles

Michela Verpelli / Alisa Rudenko (WU)
def. Yana Fleyer / Sasha Davidzenka (QUEENSW)

6-4

Chyi Lee / Claudia De Andreis (WU)
def. Isabel Fornies / Viktorija Veselinova (QUEENSW)

6-1

Camilla Ciacci / Arianna Ceccaroni (WU)
def. Caity Klaassen / Hannah Lehfeldt (QUEENSW)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

Singles

Michela Verpelli (WU)
def. Yana Fleyer (QUEENSW)

6-2 , 7-6

Alisa Rudenko (WU)
def. Sasha Davidzenka (QUEENSW)

6-2 , 6-2

Isabel Fornies (QUEENSW)
def. Riann Hsu (WU)

7-5 , 6-2

Viktorija Veselinova (QUEENSW)
def. Chyi Lee (WU)

4-6 , 6-2 , 6-2

Claudia De Andreis (WU)
def. Caity Klaassen (QUEENSW)

7-6 (8-6) , 6-3

Camilla Ciacci (WU)
def. Hannah Lehfeldt (QUEENSW)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

April 18, 2019

Due to a forecast of heavy rain on Friday, April 19, the 2019 SAC Men's and Women's Tennis Championship Finals matches have been moved to Saturday, April 20. The men's match will take place at 9 a.m., followed by the women's match at 12 p.m. at the Rock Hill Tennis Center.

#14 Wingate downs #21 Queens 4-2 to advance to fifth straight SAC title match

Rock Hill, S.C.----The second-seeded and 14th-ranked Wingate University Bulldogs will make yet another appearance in the SAC championship game after a 4-2 victory over third-seeded and 21st-ranked Queens University in the semifinals of the 2019 South Atlantic Conference women's tennis tournament at the Rock Hill Tennis Center. Wingate improves to 19-1 overall, advancing to the SAC title match for the fifth straight year and eighth time in nine years. The Royals fall to 14-4 on the season. FULL RECAP

Pioneers hold on for 4-2 win over Lenoir-Rhyne, advance to SAC finals

ROCK HILL, S.C. --- South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year Annie McCullough won a three-set marathon for the clinching point as Tusculum University outlasted Lenoir-Rhyne University 4-2 in the semifinals of the SAC Women's Tennis Championship tournament Thursday afternoon at the Rock Hill Tennis Center. FULL RECAP

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