Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University tennis teams lost only match Wednesday, claiming men’s and women’s victories over Coker College Wednesday afternoon at the WU Tennis Complex. The Wingate women blanked the Cobras 9-0, improving to 12-6 overall. The Bulldog men won 8-1, boosting the team's slate to 13-3 overall. Wingate’s men have won nine matches in a row.
The Wingate women did not lose a set Wednesday, as the Bulldogs won their final regular season home match for seniors
Hollyn Alberghini (Stanfield, N.C.) and
Pierce Dillard (Simpsonville, S.C.). The Bulldogs have won three matches in a row and five of their last six contests.
Alberghini defeated Coker freshman
Stephanie Harrelson (Hartsville, S.C.) 6-0, 7-5 at the number five singles flight. Earlier in the day, the West Stanly High School product teamed with sophomore
Samantha Alschlager (Indian Trail, N.C.) to defeat Harrelson and junior
Kendall Sigmon (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) 8-1 at the number two doubles flight.
Bulldog junior
Kara Stasikelis (Greer, S.C.) defeated Coker junior
Alyssa Blanchard (Irmo, S.C.) 6-4, 6-4 in the number one singles match. Stasikelis and freshman
Kelli Ferguson (Concord, N.C.) topped Blanchard and sophomore Stephanie Medley (Sumter, S.C.) 8-3 at the number one doubles position.
Both Wingate teams will focus their attention on the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament April 22-24. The Wingate men’s and women’s tennis road matches at Queens University of Charlotte scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday, April 8) have been cancelled.
NCAA DIVISION II WOMEN’S MATCH RESULTS
WINGATE 9, COKER 0 (at Wingate, N.C.)
Singles
#1 Kara Stasikelis (WIN) def. Alyssa Blanchard (COKER) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Kelli Ferguson (WIN) def. Stephanie Medley (COKER) 6-3, 6-4
#3 Samantha Alschlager (WIN) def. Kendall Sigmon (COKER) 6-0, 6-2
#4 Helen Goreski (WIN) def. Brittany Yando (COKER) 6-1, 6-2
#5 Hollyn Alberghini (WIN) def. Stephanie Harrelson (COKER) 6-0, 7-5
#6 Ewa Opala (WIN) def. Mackenzie Hallahan (COKER) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
#1 Stasikelis/Ferguson (WIN) def. Blanchard/Medley (COKER) 8-3
#2 Alschlager/Alberghini (WIN) def. Sigmon/Harrelson (COKER) 8-1
#3 Goreski/Opala (WIN) def. Yando/Hallahan (COKER) 8-5
RECORDS: Wingate 12-6 overall, Coker 3-12 overall