Mar. 29, 2002

ROCK HILL, SC–Winthrop’s women’s tennis team took over sole possession of first place in the Big South Conference and the Eagle men ran its winning streak to 14 straight with Friday afternoon’s sweep of Coastal Carolina.

The Lady Eagles entered the match tied for first place with Coastal and won a nail-biter, 4-3, to stay unbeaten in Big South play with a 5-0 record while improving to 12-2 overall. The Lady Chanticleers fell to 4-1 in league action. Winthrop’s men also stayed unbeaten in conference play at 5-0 and improved to 15-1 overall with a 5-2 win. The Eagles are tied with Charleston Southern for first place in the Big South.

Saturday’s dual match against Charleston Southern has been postponed until April 13 at 2:00 p.m.

In the women’s action, the Lady Eagles lost two out of three doubles matches and then fought back to take the singles 4-1. Coastal’s Emma Kidd played in the doubles competition, but did not play at her No. 1 singles position due to an injury. Renata Caceres won the deciding match in a tie breaker (3-6, 7-5, 7-6) over Dana Goffin.

In the men’s action, Winthrop took all three doubles matches and four of six singles for the 5-2 win.

Here are the final results:

Women’s Singles

No. 1--Medina Bajrambasic (CC) def. Judit Trunkos (W)–6-1, 4-6, 6-4

No. 2–Renata Barreto (W) def. Lara Lendenmann (CC)–6-3, 6-0

No. 3–Renata Caceres (W) def. Dana Goffin (CC)–3-6, 7-5, 7-6

No. 4–Jenny Andrade (W) def. Marie Matrka (CC)–6-4, 7-6

No. 5–Ana Simanca (W) def. Stephanie Koot (CC)–7-6, 6-4

No. 6–Natasha Lucki (W) def. Kamla Palmer (CC)–6-0, 6-0

Women’s Doubles

No. 1--Trunkos/Caceres (W) def. Goffin/Bajrambasic (CC)–8-6

No. 2–Matrka/Kidd (CC) def. Simanca/Andrade (W)–8-2

No. 3–Lendenmann/Koot (CC) def. Barreto/Jacki Deason (W)–8-3

Men’s Singles

No. 1–Clayton Almeida (W) def. Arnaud Caffin (CC)–3-6, 6-3, 6-4

No. 2–Oscar Gomez (CC) def. Tito Ballester (W)–6-3, 1-6, 7-5

No. 3–Michal Kwiecien (W) def. Nathan Forester (CC)–6-3, 6-1

No. 4–Jean-Phillippe Cloutier (CC) def. Gustavo Zanette (W)–6-1, 7-5

No. 5–Adam Narczewski (W) def. Gautam Padmahaban (CC)–6-0, 6-1

No. 6–Maurcio Delgado (W) def. Mohammed El Bouzkouri (CC)–6-1, 6-2

Men’s Doubles

No. 1–Almeida/Narczewski (W) def. Caffin/Gomez (CC)–9-8

No. 2–Kwiecien/Delgado (W) def. El Bouzkouri/Padmanaban (CC)–8-3

No. 3–Ballester/Rodrigo Cezar (W) def. Cloutier/Forester (CC)–8-3