Doubles Play Lifts ECU Past Gardner-Webb

Feb. 4, 2008

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. -- The East Carolina women's tennis team swept the doubles point and later secured a 4-3 non-conference triumph over Gardner-Webb with three straight-set singles wins by Brooke Walter, Hannah Priest and Tamara Sachs Saturday afternoon at the Webb Tennis Facility.

ECU improved its record to 2-0 on the season while the Lady Bulldogs remained winless at 0-3.

The Lady Pirates quickly built a lead and clinched the doubles point when the first-seeded tandem of Alex Smith and Brooke Walter posted an 8-5 victory over Rita Gouveia and Laura Kriett. Jessica Cook and Mireia Gol opened pairs play with an 8-1 win over Kasey Ellis and Monica Walser before Tamara Sachs and Varinia Soler closed out the action with a 9-8 triumph against Jenny Gomez and Amy Beavers.

In singles play, the two teams split six matches with East Carolina picking up victories at the No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 flights. Walter defeated Gouveia (6-3, 6-2), Hannah Priest handled Beavers (6-3, 6-0) and Sachs earned a 7-5, 6-1 decision over Ellis to account for the Lady Pirates' tallies.

Gardner-Webb used wins by Kriett over Cook (6-7, 7-5, 10-7) at No. 1, Gomez over Gol (6-4, 5-7, 10-7) at No. 2 and Walser over Luiza Borges (6-4, 5-7, 10-8) at No. 4 to capture the other three matches.

The Lady Pirates will return to action Wednesday when they will host Liberty for a match scheduled to begin at 12 noon.

EAST CAROLINA 4, GARDNER-WEBB 3
Singles Play
No. 1 - Laura Kriett (GWU) def. Jessica Cook (ECU); 6-7, 7-5, 10-7
No. 2 - Jenny Gomez (GWU) def. Mireia Gol (ECU); 6-4, 5-7, 10-7
No. 3 - Brooke Walter (ECU) def. Rita Gouveia (GWU); 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 - Monica Walser (GWU) def. Luiza Borges (ECU); 6-4, 5-7, 10-8
No. 5 - Hannah Priest (ECU) def. Amy Beavers (GWU); 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 - Tamara Sachs (ECU) def. Kasey Ellis (GWU); 7-5, 6-1
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Alex Smith/Walter (ECU) def. Gouveia/Kriett (GWU); 8-5
No. 2 - Cook/Gol (ECU) def. Ellis/Walser (GWU); 8-1
No. 3 - Sachs/Varinia Soler (ECU) def. Beavers/Gomez (GWU); 9-8
Team Records: East Carolina 2-0, Gardner-Webb 0-3

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