Box Score

SPARTANBURG, SC – The 67^th ranked Winthrop women's tennis team opened up the 2012 season with a victory over Wofford 7-0 Sunday afternoon at the John E. Reeves Tennis Center.

Winthrop started smoothly as the Eagles captured the doubles points, winning two of the three matches. In No. 1 doubles, junior Yasmine Alkema and sophomore Andressa Garcia took down Wofford's Guinn Garcia and Sarah Evans 8-5. On the next court, Winthrop's Ekin Gunaysu and Monica Aguado knocked off Emily Przystawski and Othilia Lindqvist 8-6 in No. 2 doubles.

The Eagles dominated the singles round as they took all six matches. Alkema brought down Evans in No. 1 singles 1-6, 6-3, 10-3, as Andressa Garcia defeated Othilia Lindqvist 6-2, 6-0 in No. 2 singles. In No. 3 singles, junior Giovanna Portioli knocked off Audrey Coventry 6-4, 5-7, 12-10 in No. 3 singles, and freshman Gunaysu made her Eagles debut a memorable one, beating Przystawski 6-7 (3-6), 6-2, 10-5 in No. 4 singles. Rounding out the results was freshman Monica Aguado defeating Samantha Sullivan 6-2, 6-2 in No. 5 singles and freshman Camille Amrani shutting out Carter Tindall 6-0, 6-0 in No. 6 singles.

"I'm proud of the girls and the way they started the season," head coach Cid Carvalho said. "Wofford is a good team and that is a solid win."

The nationally ranked Eagles will travel to Raleigh, NC on Saturday, Jan. 21 to take on Davidson and 34^th ranked North Carolina State. Those matches are set for 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.