Thursday, March 8, 2007

          PC Wins Doubles Point, But Falls 5-2 To B-C On Thursday

CLINTON, S.C. – No. 34 Presbyterian College’s women’s tennis team fell 5-2 to Bethune-Cookman on Thursday afternoon at the Templeton Tennis Courts.

The Lady Blue Hose and Wildcats began the event with the Lady Blue Hose taking two of the three doubles matches to give PC the doubles point.

After losing at No. 1 doubles, Presbyterian’s duo of Lauren Brown and Brittany Lanford downed the B-C tandem of Lucia Polakova and Valerie Kendrick, 8-4. PC’s Kari Fuller and Lisa Moyer garnered the overall victory at doubles for PC after they claimed a win at No. 3 doubles by the score of 8-6 over Bethune-Cookman’s Monika Musilova and Shaunda Gaiter.

Bethune-Cookman took victories in the first five singles flights before PC’s Kari Fuller earned Presbyterian’s only singles win at No. 6 singles with an easy 6-0, 6-0 win over B-C’s Jeneice Ward.

The Lady Blue Hose return to the courts tomorrow for a game against Slippery Rock (Pa.) at the Templeton Tennis Courts. The match is set to begin at 12 noon.

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