Women's Tennis Defeats Visiting Birmingham-Southern, 5-2
3/26/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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CONWAY, S.C. -- The Coastal Carolina women's tennis team ran its record to 18-1 and 4-0 in Big South Conference play with a 5-2 home victory over Birmingham-Southern, Mar. 26. The Lady Chanticleers are now 13-0 at home, while the visiting Panthers fell to 7-6 and 2-3 in league play.
Coastal swept all three doubles matches, with senior Virginie Dinh (Maisons Albert, France/Sophia) and junior Hayley Rudman (Johannesburg, South Africa/Northcliff High School (MIssissippi State)) getting an 8-1 victory over Cammie Nix and Kathryn Carroll at No. 1 doubles. Senior Petra Jantti (Haukiverkko Espo, Finland/Tapiolan Lukio) and sophomore Amy Pazahanick (Canton, Georgia/Brookwood High School (Georgia Southern)) remain perfect in doubles action, going to 16-0 with a victory at No. 2 over Kate Lambert and Casey Ragsdale, 8-6.
In singles, Coastal dropped the top two slots, as Dinh lost to Jennifer Williams, 6-2, 6-1 and Jantti dropped her match in three sets to Carroll, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6, losing 7-5 in the third-set tiebreaker. However, the Lady Chants rebounded in the final four matches, as Rudman won in three sets at No. 3 singles over Nix, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Sophomore Sofie Ahlberg (Stockholm,Sweden/Adalsskolan), Pazahanick and junior Sarize Coetzee (Bloemfontein, South Africa/Oranje Meisieskool (Texas Tech)) all had straight-set wins at Nos. 4, 5 and 6, respectively.
Coastal returns to the court Wed., Mar. 29, hosting UAB at the Billy Nichols Tennis Center at 2 p.m.
Doubles
1. Virginie Dinh/Hayley Rudman (Coastal) defeated Cammie Nix/Kathryn Carroll (BSC), 8-1
2. Petra Jantti/Amy Pazahanick (Coastal) defeated Kate Lambert/Casey Ragsdale (BSC), 8-6
3. Sofie Ahlberg/Sarize Coetzee (Coastal) defeated Jennifer Williams/Laura Kirk (BSC), 8-2
Singles
1. Jennifer Williams (BSC) def Virginie Dinh (Coastal), 6-2, 6-1
2. Kathryn Carroll (BSC) def. Petra Jantti (Coastal), 1-6,6-2, 7-6 (5)
3. Hayley Rudman (Coastal) def. Cammie Nix (BSC), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Sofie Ahlberg (Coastal) def. Casey Ragsdale (BSC), 7-6 (3), 6-2
5. Amy Pazahanick (Coastal) def. Kate Lambert (BSC), 6-1, 6-0
6. Sarize Coetzee (Coastal) def. Laura Kirk (BSC), 6-2, 6-2
