Women's Tennis Suffers 5-2 Road Loss at Coastal Carolina

Conway, S.C. --- The ECU Women's tennis team's (6-3, 1-0) three-match win streak came to a halt following a 5-2 loss to Coastal Carolina (6-3) at the Stevens Tennis Complex.

The Chants' secured the doubles points with wins at the No. 2 and 3 spots, while ECU's top duo of Celia Ruiz and Lisa Hofbauer did not finish.

In singles play, No. 53 Ruiz defeated Coastal's top ranked Iryna Vardanian in three sets, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6. At the No. 6 spot for the Pirates, Ho Chiao Hsia defeated Alexa Tiefel 7-5, 7-5.

The purple and gold are now 3-3 in road matches and will play their next seven matches away from home.

Records
Coastal Carolina (6-3), ECU (6-3, 1-0)

Coach's Quote
"Coastal Carolina played a very solid match today. We battled through the entire match and gave ourselves a chance to win after losing the doubles point, but fell a bit short. It was a very solid effort from our team." – ECU Head Coach Tom Morris

Results: Coastal Carolina 5, ECU 2

Doubles
1. Somer Dalla-Bona/ Sara Bondar (Coastal) vs. Celia Ruiz/Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) 6-5, unfinished
2. , Iryna Vardanian/ Alexa Tiefel (Coastal) def. Alisa Diercksen/Sarah Sarjoo (ECU) 6-3
3. Rylie Cox/ Jessie Mount (Coastal) def. Ho Chiao Hsia/Nastja Rettich (ECU) 6-1

Singles
1. Celia Ruiz (ECU) def. Iryna Vardanian (Coastal) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6
2. Rylie Cox (Coastal) def. Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
3. Somer Dalla-Bona (Coastal) def. Alisa Diercksen (ECU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
4. Sara Bondar (Coastal) def. Nastja Rettich (ECU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Maria Khomchenko (Coastal) def. Sarah Sarjoo (ECU) 6-4, 7-5
6. Ho Chiao Hsia (ECU) def. Alexa Tiefel (Coastal) 7-5, 7-5

Up Next
ECU will travel to Florida for five-consecutive matches, beginning at UCF on March 4.

Women's Tennis Suffers 5-2 Road Loss at Coastal Carolina

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Players Mentioned

Alisa Diercksen

Lisa Hofbauer

Nastja Rettich

Celia Ruiz

Sarah Sarjoo

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