Women's Tennis Tops Mount Olive, 6-1
March 12, 2003 | Women's Tennis
The Lady Pirates swept the doubles competition and won five of the six singles matches. Mount Olive falls to 3-4 overall.
ECU's Lyndall Jordan and Raluca Baicu edged MOC's top duo of Lucia Henkle and Mariana Shimoda, 9-7, in the flight one doubles match, which proved to be the most closely contested match of the day. Lady Pirates Paulina Sierpinski and Kirstin Buchanan cruised past Samanthi Wijesekera and Ashley Westbrook, 8-3, in the only other doubles match played.
Mount Olive did not have the required number of participants and dropped the flight three doubles and flights five and six singles by default.
Mount Olive's bright spot came at flight one singles where Lucia Henkle remained unbeaten with a 6-4, 6-3 decision over ECU's Jordan. Baicu, Sierpinski, and Lauren Perry all won their respective singles matches for the Lady Pirates in straight sets.
The Lady Pirates return to action on March 20 when they travel to Richmond for a 2 p.m. contest.
East Carolina 6, Mount Olive 1
Singles
1. Lucia Henkle (MOC) def. Lyndall Jordan (ECU), 6-4, 6-3
2. Raluca Baicu (ECU) def. Mariana Shimoda (MOC), 7-5, 6-1
3. Paulina Sierpinski (ECU) def. Samanthi Wijesekera (MOC), 6-1, 6-2
4. Lauren Perry (ECU) def. Ashley Westbrook (MOC), 6-1, 6-2
5. ECU wins by default
6. ECU wins by default
Doubles
1. Jordan/Baicu (ECU) def. Henkle/Shimoda (MOC), 9-7
2. Sierpinski/Buchanan (ECU) def. Wijesekera/Westbrook (MOC), 8-3
3. ECU wins by default
