Box Score CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina women's tennis team suffered a 6-1 road loss today against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers from the Gary Clark Banks Sr. Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C.
Junior Anna Babayan and senior Jesse Hollins opened the scoring for the Chants with 6-3 doubles win over Charleston Southern's Jessica Braun and Marina Skegro. The Bucs took the next two doubles matches over CCU, securing the doubles point and claiming an early 1-0 lead.
In singles play, Coastal managed to take one of the individual matchups with senior Cecile Morin defeating CSU's Kassandra Di Staulo 6-1, 6-3. Charleston Southern took the final five singles matches, resulting in a 6-1 home victory for the Bucs.
Following the matchup with Charleston Southern, the Chants are set to travel east to Clemson, S.C., as they take on the Clemson Tigers on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 11 A.M. ET.
Singles:
Amila Jusufbegovic (CSU) def. Anna Babayan (CCU) 6-3, 7-5
Jessica Braun (CSU) def. Nicole Abel (CCU) 6-0, 6-2
Noa Boyd (CSU) def. Kata Foldeak (CCU) 7-5, 6-3 4
Anastasia Astakhova (CSU) def. Jesse Hollins (CCU) 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)
Khyanna Singh (CSU) def. Aida Maria Mitrache (CCU) 6-3, 6-4
Cecile Morin (CCU) def. Kassandra Di Staulo (CSU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles:
Anna Babayan/Jesse Hollins (CCU) def. Jessica Braun/Marina Skegro (CSU) 6-3
Anastasia Astakhova/Khyanna Singh (CSU) def. Nicole Abel/Aida Maria Mitrache (CCU) 7-5
Amila Jusufbegovic/Noa Boyd (CSU) def. Kata Foldeak/Cecile Morin (CCU) 7-6 (7-4)
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