MURFREESBORO, NC – The Chowan University women's tennis team handed Salem International University a 9-0 loss on Friday afternoon. The Hawks improve to an 11-3 overall record on the season with the win while the Tigers slip to 1-8.
For the Hawks, doubles duos Polina Novachuck/
Victoria Smolchenkova,
Cynthia Carrier/
Angelique Gouin and
Roxana Daneshjoo/
Anna Makhneva were able to take all three doubles matches without dropping a game, giving Chowan the 3-0 advantage heading into singles play.
Chowan then swept each of the six singles positions in straight sets to secure the 9-0 win.
The Hawks return to action on March 19th when they host the CIAA Cross Divisional Round Up at the Rose Family Tennis Complex. Chowan is scheduled to play their first match in the round up on Saturday at 9:00 am against Shaw University followed by a 1:00pm match versus Fayetteville State University on Sunday.
Full Match Results Below:
Chowan 9, Salem International 0
3/18/2016 at Murfreesboro, NC (Rose Family Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. NOVACHUK,Polina (CU-W) def. Reed, Felice (SIU-W) 6-0, 6-1
2. SMOLCHENKOVA,Victori (CU-W) def. Foreman, Jen (SIU-W) 6-0, 6-0
3. CARRIER,Cynthia (CU-W) def. Rosenbusch, Emerald (SIU-W) 6-0, 6-0
4. GOUIN,Angelique (CU-W) def. Scott, Kaija (SIU-W) 6-0, 6-0
5. DE BACKRE,Jessica (CU-W) def. Mathis, Kathryne (SIU-W) 6-0, 6-0
6. ANDRADE,Natalia (CU-W) def. Federico, Waverly (SIU-W) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. NOVACHUK,Polina/SMOLCHENKOVA,Victori (CU-W) def. Reed, Felice/Foreman, Jen (SIU-W) 8-0
2. CARRIER,Cynthia/GOUIN,Angelique (CU-W) def. Rosenbusch, Emerald/Federico, Waverly (SIU-W) 8-0
3. DANESHJOO,Roxana/MAKHNEVA,Anna (CU-W) def. Mathis, Kathryne/Scott, Kaija (SIU-W) 8-0