Norfolk State Clinches Northern Division With Win Over Morgan State
NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State dropped the doubles point but would not be denied on Saturday afternoon at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center at ODU. The Spartan women's tennis team rebounded to win the first four contested singles matches on the way to a 5-1 win over Morgan State.
The victory closed out the regular season MEAC schedule for NSU and gave the Spartans the Northern Division title at 6-0. It marked their first regular season title in nine years the league has had divisional play and the first overall in the MEAC, including round robin play before it split into divisions after the 2007 season.
The Bears dropped to 6-10 overall and 3-2 in conference play. NSU also ran its overall record to 9-9. The Spartans finished ahead of second-place Howard (5-1) in the final standings. NSU will be the No. 1 seed from the North at next week's MEAC Championship at ODU.
NSU needed to rally after dropping the doubles point, this despite Morgan State defaulting at the third position due to its short-handed lineup. The Bears also defaulted at No. 6 singles in a match moved indoor to ODU due to the threat of high winds in the Norfolk area.
The Spartans dropped the fewest games at No. 1 and 4 singles, including Dajana Cvjetkovic winning at the top spot in the lineup over Chloe Kabamba. The NSU sophomore defeated Kabamba by a 6-2, 6-2 margin. And at the fourth slot, senior Andrea Macchiavello downed Cierra Plummer by the same 6-2, 6-2 score.
Freshman Marta Gomar earned the victory at No. 3 singles, taking care of Kayla Price by a 6-1, 6-4 score. NSU added its fifth point of the match when junior Liza Gordeeva finished a 7-5, 6-2 win over Danielle Thompson at the second position.
Senior Mafalda Lhorca trailed Chelsi Russell by a 3-0 score at No. 5 singles before the match was abandoned.
Russell and Plummer helped Morgan State win the doubles point with a 7-5 win over Cvjetkovic and Gordeeva at the top spot in the lineup. Thompson and Kabamba gave MSU the early 1-0 lead after the duo topped Macchiavello and Lhorca, 6-3, at No. 2 doubles.
NSU finishes the regular season on Sunday with a pair of matches at home. The Spartans will play North Carolina Central at 11 a.m. and honor senior Macchiavello before the match. They will then host Notre Dame at 5 p.m. at the NSU Tennis Complex.
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NCCU Scores Road Win With 6-1 Triumph At Hampton
HAMPTON, Va. – Five North Carolina Central University players won both their singles and doubles matches as the visiting Lady Eagles posted a convincing 6-1 non-conference win over Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Northern Division member Hampton University Saturday afternoon at Neilson-Screen Stadium.
Freshman Jasmine Gabriel, sophomore Jamie Rogers and juniors Lynsey Cover and Tamara Jeremic all won in straight sets from No. 2-6 in the Lady Eagles lineup, respectively. Senior Aissa Muamba had to close out her top-tier triumph in a third-set superset to complete NCCU’s point production.
NCCU improved to 4-12 with its first road win of the campaign. The Hampton Pirates have one less win on the season at 3-13.
The Lady Eagles started the day by dominating doubles.
Muamba and Rogers coasted to a 6-1 conquest while Cover and Jeremic clinched NCCU’s first team point with a 6-4 win. Gabriel and senior Mia Ramic had to work a little harder to complete the doubles sweep with a 7-6 win after winning their tiebreaker 7-3.
The Muamba/Rogers duo leveled their record together at 4-4. The other two doubles wins were the first of victories for both of those fairly new partnerships.
Muamba improved to 9-5 with her dramatic 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 win atop the lineup, which was her fourth straight W. Rogers (9-6) matches Muamba with nine wins after knocking off her foe with a pair of 6-2 wins. Gabriel (6-4, 6-4) and Jeremic (7-5, 7-5) also won their corresponding matches by identical scores in both of their sets. Cover won a second-set tiebreaker by a perfect 7-0 score to secure her victory by a final margin of 6-4, 7-6 (0).
NCCU completes the regular season portion of its schedule at Norfolk State University on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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Lady Eagles Shutout UMES on Senior Day
BALTIMORE, Md.- Coppin State seniors Ashley Milo and Miranda Taylor closed out Senior Day by helping the women's tennis to 6-0 victory over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday, April 16 at the CSU Tennis Complex in Baltimore.
The Lady Eagles swept the Lady Hawks in all singles and doubles matches.
Miranda Goede, Milo and Taylor all garnered 6-0, 6-0 victories in No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles action.
Tanna Nita picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles while Precious Udofe earned a default victory in the No. 5 singles match.
Goede and Milo teamed up for a 6-0 win in No. 1 doubles play and Taylor and Udofe also battled to a 6-0 victory in No. 2 doubles action.
The Lady Eagles improve to 5-12 overall on the season.
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