Winthrop Tops Presbyterian, 4-0 to Reach Championship Match
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Top-seeded Winthrop women's tennis (18-5, 8-0 Big South Conference) continued its pursuit of a 20th Big South Championship title with a 4-0 sweep of No. 5 Presbyterian College (12-9, 4-4 Big South Conference) Friday morning. With the victory, the Eagles advance to the championship final on Saturday, the 22nd championship match appearance in program history.
BOX SCORE
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Winthrop won the doubles point for the 20th time out of their 23 matches this season, with 6-1 and 6-2 victories on courts three and one, respectively.
-No. 32 Lauren Proctor led the Eagles in singles play with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 1, improving on her regular season performance against PC's Brittany Nuttall, a 6-3, 6-0 victory.
-For the second-straight match, Ellie Burns recorded an early point for the Eagles with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 6.
-Megan Kauffman delivered the clinching point at No. 3 with her 6-1, 6-2 win.
-In the unfinished courts, Alisa Soloveva and Tayla Van Eck were each on their way to turning around second sets after dropping their first sets, and Aida Kelic had just finished a first set tiebreaker, won by PC.
NOTABLES
- No. 32 Lauren Proctor (19-2) and Alisa Soloveva (18-3) own the best two records in the Big South Conference. Proctor is undefeated in conference play and has won all but one of her league matches in straight-sets, while Soloveva has also won each of her conference matches.
-No. 29 doubles duo Lauren Proctor and Megan Kauffman remained undefeated and improved to 21-0 on the season with their victory on court one.
-Ellie Burns has won eight of her last nine matches, all but one in straight sets.
UP NEXT
Winthrop advances to the championship final match at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at Rock Hill Tennis Center, taking on the winner of No. 2 Liberty/No. 3 Campbell.