NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Middle Tennessee women's tennis team opened its 2010 season with a solid 6-1 victory Wednesday against Belmont at the Nashboro Village indoor courts in Nashville, Tenn.
"It was a great win and all the girls played well," head coach Alison Ojeda said. "I think more than anything we needed a match under our belts and we got that today. Everyone competed hard for us all day. Tomorrow will be a lighter practice schedule in preparation for our two matches later this week."
The Blue Raiders began the match by sweeping the three doubles positions, including an 8-0 blanking at the No. 2 spot by Anna Djananova and Yuiri Nomoto against Abigail Hogan and Catherine Holliday.
Middle Tennessee's No. 1 doubles pairing of Marietta Bigus and Natalie Araya knocked off Abby Leatherwood and Laura Stack, 8-3. Taylor Coffey and Alex Dachos completed the sweep for the Blue Raiders, handing an 8-1 loss to Lindsay Bennett and Natalia Nunes in No. 3 doubles action.
The momentum continued in singles play with Middle Tennessee (1-0) picking up five wins in the six matches, all in straight sets.
Carla Nava, playing at No. 1, defeated Leatherwood, 6-0, 6-1, while Araya picked up a 6-3, 6-1 decision against Holiday at the No. 2 slot.
Nomoto finished off Hogan 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 4 position and Bigus earned a 6-1, 6-2 win over Bennett in No. 5 play.
Coffey completed the singles victories with a 7-5, 6-0 triumph against Nunes.
The lone Belmont (0-2) win came at No. 3 singles with Stick defeating Djananova, 6-4, 6-4.
The Blue Raiders will return to action with a pair of home matches this week, starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday against Chattanooga. Middle Tennessee will then play host to UT-Martin at 1 p.m. Saturday, instead of the previously scheduled time of 1:30 p.m.
Middle Tennessee 6, Belmont 1
Singles
No. 1 Carla Nava (MT) def. Abby Leatherwood (BEL) 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 Natalie Araya (MT) def. Catherine Holliday (BEL) 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Laura Stack (BEL) def. Anna Djananova (MT) 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Yuiri Nomoto (MT) def. Abigail Hogan (BEL) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Marietta Bigus (MT) def. Lindsay Bennett (BEL) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Taylor Coffey (MT) def. Natalia Nunes (BEL) 7-5, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 Bigus/Araya (MT) def. Leatherwood/Stack (BEL) 8-3
No. 2 Djananova/Nomoto (MT) def. Hogan/Holliday (BEL) 8-0
No. 3 Coffey/Dachos (MT) def. Bennett/Nunes (BEL) 8-1
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KNOXVILLE – Middle Tennessee fell to Tennessee 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon at the Goodfriend Tennis Center.
Sophomores Richard Cowden and Matthew Langley battled in No. 2 doubles but fell 8-5 to Rhyne Williams and Boris Conkic.
Juniors John Peers and Victor Melo fell to John-Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren 8-2 while junior Kyle Wishing and freshman Shaun Waters lost their match 8-1 to Tennys Sandgren and Mateo Fago.
In singles play, Peers fell to Smith 6-1, 6-1 in the first position while Melo lost his match 6-4, 6-2 to Conkic.
Williams defeated Cowden 6-2, 6-4 in three singles while Langley fell to Tennys Sandgren 6-2, 6-3. Waters had one of the best performances on the day losing the first set 6-1 to Matt Brewer but battled in the second set before losing 7-5.
Middle Tennessee will travel to Albuquerque, N.M. to play New Mexico and Denver on Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6.
Feb 03, 2010 at Knoxville, Tenn.
(Goodfriend Tennis Center)
Tennessee 7, Middle Tennessee 0
Singles
1. John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. John Peers (MTSU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Boris Conkic (UT) def. Victor Melo (MTSU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Rhyne Williams (UT) def. Richard Cowden (MTSU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Tennys Sandgren (UT) def. Matthew Langley (MTSU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Matt Brewer (UT) def. Shaun Waters (MTSU) 6-1, 7-5
6. Matteo Fago (UT) def. Alex McCann (MTSU) 6-0, 4-3, retired
Doubles
1. John-Patrick Smith/Davey Sandgren (UT) def. John Peers/Victor Melo (MTSU) 8-2
2. Rhyne Williams/Boris Conkic (UT) def. Richard Cowden/Matthew Langley (MTSU) 8-5
3. Tennys Sandgren/Matteo Fago (UT) def. Kyle Wishing/Shaun Waters (MTSU) 8-1
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,6,5,2,4,3)
Middle Tennessee (0-3) vs Tennessee (5-0)
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