Pirate Tennis Teams Sweep Gardner-Webb
February 19, 2004 | Men's Tennis
The ECU men ran their record to 5-0 by winning two of three doubles matches and five of the six singles flights.
The Pirates took the doubles point behind wins from Charl Meyer and Darren Mansell at flight one (8-6) and Paulo Baumer and Nick Rose at flight two (8-6).
ECU then clinched the match with singles wins by Meyer, Baumer, Felipe Fonseca, Mark Gellard, and Gerard Galindo. It was Baumer's team-high seventh straight win, while Galindo, who joined the team for the spring semester, remained unbeaten (5-0) in dual match play.
The Lady Pirates improved to 5-4. Like the men, they also took two of three doubles matches with wins by Raluca Baicu and Kirstin Buchanan at flight one (8-0) and Gillie Bailey and Cristina Meilicke at flight two (8-4).
Victorious in singles were Baicu, Buchanan, Bailey, Meilicke, and Sara Boseman at flights one through five, respectively. Bailey has now won eight of nine singles matches since joining the team in January.
Both the Pirate men and women return to Greenville for a home match against Campbell on Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
WOMEN'S TENNIS: ECU 6, Gardner-Webb 1
Singles
1. Raluca Baicu (ECU) def. Melissa DeJong (GWU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Kirstin Buchanan (ECU) def. Molly Hoeffner (GWU), 6-3, 6-0
3. Gillie Bailey (ECU) def. Lorielle Ferlita (GWU), 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
4. Cristina Meilicke (ECU) def. Krystina Sigmon (GWU), 5-2, retired (inj.)
5. Sara Boseman (ECU) def. Sara Zirnheld (GWU), 6-4, 7-6
6. Elena Iltcheva (GWU) def. Lindsay Wood (ECU), 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
1. Baicu/Buchanan (ECU) def. Hoeffner/Ferlita (GWU), 8-0
2. Bailey/Meilicke (ECU) def. DeJong/Sigmon (GWU), 8-4
3. Zirnheld/Carrie Yerkes (GWU) def. Boseman/Wood (ECU), 8-2
MEN'S TENNIS: ECU 6, Gardner-Webb 1
Singles
1. Charl Meyer (ECU) def. Phil Skelton (GWU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Paulo Baumer (ECU) def. Bryan Edmonds (GWU), 6-0, 6-2
3. Roberto Vasques def. Darren Mansell (ECU), 6-4, 6-2
4. Felipe Fonseca (ECU) def. Mike Osborne (GWU), 6-0, 6-1
5. Mark Gellard (ECU) def. Kim Ellis (GWU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
6. Gerard Galindo (ECU) def. Andrew Conley (GWU), 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
1. Meyer/Mansell (ECU) def. Skelton/Osborne (GWU), 8-6
2. Baumer/Nick Rose (ECU) def. Kern Phillips/Daniel Abrahao (GWU), 8-6
3. Edmonds/Vasques (GWU) def. Fonseca/Gellard (ECU), 8-6
