March 26, 2003

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Wofford women's tennis team defeated Western Carolina, 6-1, Wednesday in Southern Conference action at the Reeves Tennis Center.

The Terriers won all three doubles sets to take the match's opening point. They proceeded to win five of the six singles matches to claim the victory. Junior Wendy Rohr led Wofford with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 1 singles, while Lauren Marie Whisenhunt, Tara Hartness, and Delaine Hare also tallied two-set wins.

Kristen Cotton scored the lone point for the Catamounts in winning at the No. 5 singles slot.

Wofford continues its play on Saturday, when the Terriers travel to face East Tennessee State. Western Carolina will also play on Saturday, when it returns home to take on Georgia Southern.

Women's Results:  Wofford 6, Western Carolina 1

Singles
#1 Wendy Rohr (Wof) def. Rocio Perez; 6-0, 6-0
#2 Lauren Marie Whisenhunt (Wof) def. Megan Bechtold; 6-3, 6-3
#3 Ellen Rogers (Wof) def. Kristin Munn; 4-6, 6-4, (10-5)
#4 Tara Hartness (Wof) def. Erin Johnson; 6-4, 6-2
#5 Kristin Cotton (WCar) def. Candy Gore; 3-6, 6-3, 4-1, RET.
#6 Delaine Hare (Wof) def. Shannon Zalinski; 7-5, 6-2

Doubles
#1 Rohr/Rogers (Wof) def. Zalinkski/Bechtold; 8-2
#2 Gore/Whisenhunt (Wof) def. Perez/Johnson; 8-5
#3 Hare/Meghan Turner (Wof) def. Cotton/Munn; 8-3

Records:  Wofford 7-4, 3-1; Western Carolina 5-7, 0-3.