East Carolina Defeats Mercer 5-2 In Macon

Tuesday, March 11

Macon, Ga.

3:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

Mercer

March 12, 2025 | Women's Tennis

MACON, Ga. – The East Carolina women's tennis team snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over host Mercer Tuesday afternoon in Georgia.

The Pirates got it done in doubles on courts two and three as Lilly Lancaster and Isabella Rivera Ortiz captured a 6-3 win after Anne Lou Champion and Martina Muzzolon picked up a 6-0 triumph at the No. 3 position.

Muzzolon grabbed the first singles point for ECU on court two as her opponent Tea Zivic withdrew from the bout late in the first set. Ines Bachir then won a 6-0, 6-3 decision at the No. 1 position before Xenia Jeromin clinched the match with a 6-2, 6-3 victory on court six.

Up Next: East Carolina continues its road swing March 20th at Norfolk State.

East Carolina 5, Mercer 2
Singles Play
No. 1 – Ines Bachir (ECU) def. Marina de Diego Quinones (MU) – 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 – Martina Muzzolon (ECU) def. Tea Zivic (MU) – 5-4, WR
No. 3 – Isabella Rivera Ortiz (ECU) def. Marie Bannmeyer (MU) – 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
No. 4 – Jelena Gojkovic (MU) def. Anne Lou Champion (ECU) – 7-5, 6-4
No. 5 – Lea von Kozierowski (MU) def. Joan Madi (ECU) – 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10)
No. 6 – Xenia Jeromin (ECU) def. Ines Hömberg Fernandez (MU) – 6-2, 6-3

Doubles Play
No. 1 – Bachir/Jeromin (ECU) vs. Hömberg/Quinones (MU) – 4-4 (Unfinished)
No. 2 – Lancaster/Rivera (ECU) def. Gojkovic/Zivic (MU) – 6-3
No. 3 – Champion/Muzzolon (ECU) def. Bannmeyer/Jones (MU) – 6-0

Team Records: East Carolina (3-8), Mercer (4-9)