Women's Tennis Splits Matches in Charleston
February 09, 2004 | Women's Tennis
The Lady Pirates' record now stands at 3-4.
ECU began the day with a 7-0 loss to the host College of Charleston Cougars. The defending Southern Conference champions and 2003 NCAA Tournament participants won two of the three doubles matches then claimed wins at all six singles flights.
The ECU loss was not without a fight, however. Kirstin Buchanan and Raluca Baicu won at flight one doubles, 8-5, and teammates Gillie Bailey and Cristina Meilicke took their singles opponents to tie-breakers before falling.
The Lady Pirates returned to the court later in the day to hand NAIA Columbia College at 7-0 defeat. ECU was victorious in all three doubles and six singles matches, including 8-0 wins over the Fighting Koalas at flights one and two in doubles and 6-0, 6-0 wins in the first three singles flights.
ECU returns to the Palmetto State this Friday (3 p.m.) as it takes on South Carolina State in Orangeburg.
College of Charleston 7, East Carolina 0
Women's Tennis - 2/7/04
Singles
1. Rachel Magory (CofC) d. Kirstin Buchanan (ECU), 6-0, 6-0
2. Whitney Malina (CofC) d. Raluca Baicu (ECU), 6-4, 6-2
3. Maxine Capewell (CofC) d. Gillie Bailey (ECU), 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (8)
4. Andreea Niculescu (CofC) d. Cristina Meilicke (ECU), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7)
5. Lauren Stewart (CofC) d. Sara Boseman (ECU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Ashley Willis (CofC) d. Ashley Perkinson (ECU), 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Baicu/Buchanan (ECU) def. Gabriella Moreira/Capwell (CofC), 8-3
2. Magory/Stewart (CofC) def. Meilicke/Bailey (ECU), 8-6
3. Malina/Willis (CofC) def. Boseman/Perkinson (ECU), 8-1
East Carolina 7, Columbia College 0
Women's Tennis - 2/7/04
Singles
1. Raluca Baicu (ECU) d. Jennifer Troutman (CC), 6-0, 6-0
2. Gillie Bailey (ECU) d. Kaylin Haack (CC), 6-0, 6-0
3. Cristina Meilicke (ECU) d. Jamie Randolph (CC), 6-0, 6-0
4. Sara Boseman (ECU) d. Allison Sturdivant (CC), 6-1, 6-1
5. Ashley Perkinson (ECU) d. Cathy Bradberry (CC), 6-1, 6-1
6. Lindsay Wood (ECU) d. Rebecca Derrick (CC), 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. Buchanan/Baicu (ECU) d. Randolph/Sturdivant (CC), 8-0
2. Bailey/Meilicke (ECU) d. Haack/Troutman (CC), 8-0
3. Perkinson/Boseman (ECU) d. Bradberry/Derrick (CC), 8-3
