No. 1 Winthrop Wins 2017 Women's Tennis Championship
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – No. 1 Winthrop defeated No. 2 Charleston Southern, 4-1, in the championship match of the Big South Conference Women’s Tennis Championship Sunday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.
Winthrop took the doubles point at No. 1 and No. 2. Caitlin Cridland and Alisa Soloveva defeated Mi’Kola Cooper and Valeria Koussenkova 6-3 at No. 2 to give Winthrop the 1-0 lead. Charleston Southern tied the score at 1-1 when Yana Morar and Kimberly Koerner defeated Aida Kelic and Alya Mourad 6-3 at No. 3. Megan Kauffman and Lauren Proctor clinched the point for Winthrop at No. 1 when they defeated Charleston Southern’s Sophie Cloessner and Nicolin Luecke 6-4.
Proctor gave Winthrop a 2-0 lead when she defeated Luecke 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Charleston Southern’s Koussenkova defeated Kelic 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 for the Bucs’ first point of the match. The Eagles extended their lead to 3-1 when Kauffman downed Koerner at No. 4 with scores of 6-3, 6-2. Winthrop clinched the win at No. 3 when Cridland defeated Cooper in straight sets of 6-4, 6-4.
Singles competition
1. PROCTOR, Lauren (WU) def. LUECKE, Nicolin (CSU) 6-1, 6-3
2. SOLOVEVA, Alisa (WU) vs. CLOESSNER, Sophie (CSU) undecided
3. CRIDLAND, Caitlin (WU) def. COOPER, Mi’Kola (CSU) 6-4, 6-4
4. KAUFFMAN, Megan (WU) def. KOERNER, Kimberly (CSU) 6-3, 6-2
5. KOUSSENKOVA, Valeria (CSU) def. KELIC, Aida (WU) 6-3, 6-1
6. MOURAD, Alya (WU) vs. MORAR, Yana (CSU) undecided
Doubles competition
1. KAUFFMAN, Megan/PROCTOR, Lauren (WU) def. CLOESSNER, Sophie/LUECKE, Nicolin (CSU) 6-4
2. CRIDLAND, Caitlin/SOLOVEVA, Alisa (WU) def. COOPER, Mi’Kola/KOUSSENKOVA, Valeria (CSU) 6-3
3. MORAR, Yana/KOERNER, Kimberly (CSU) def. KELIC, Aida/MOURAD, Alya (WU) 6-3