Feb. 26, 2006

Conway, S.C. - Western Carolina fell to the undefeated Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 7-0, Saturday morning in non-conference action. Western fell to 0-5 on the season while Coastal improved to 8-0, its best start to a season in three years.

The Catamounts again were forced to surrender both the number three doubles and numbers five and six singles matches by default.

In doubles action, sophomores Trish Hanson and Mariona Trilla Jane fell, 8-2, to CCU junior Petra Jantti and sophomore Amy Pazahanick, who won their seventh straight doubles match in the number-one slot. The victory gave Coastal the doubles point in the overall match. At number two, the WCU tandem of Susanna Sjokvist and Holly Stocks fell, 8-1, to junior Sarize Coetzee and senior Rosemary Younger.

Hanson battled tough in her singles match, falling 6-2, 6-2, to senior Virginie Dinh in the first flight, while Sjokvist fell 6-1, 6-2, to Sofie Ahlberg. The Chanticleers' Pazahanick recorded her eighth singles win of the season with a 6-0, 6-0 defeat over Trilla Jane, with Nicole Lemmerer posting a number four singles win over Stocks, 6-1, 6-0.

Western Carolina opens its home venue at the Catamount Athletic Complex, this Tuesday, Feb. 28, hosting mountain-rival UNC Asheville at 2:00 pm.

Western Carolina at Coastal Carolina
2/25/06 at Conway, S.C.
Coastal Carolina 7, Western Carolina 0
Doubles
1. Jantti/Pazahanick (CCU) def. Hanson/Jane (WCU) 8-2
2. Coetzee/Younger (CCU) def. Sjokvist/Stocks (WCU) 8-1
3. CCU win by default
Singles
1. Dinh (CCU) def. Hanson (WCU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Ahlberg (CCU) def. Sjokvist (WCU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Pazahanick (CCU) def. Jane (WCU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Lemmerer (CCU) def. Stocks (WCU) 6-1, 6-0
5. CCU win by default
6. CCU win by default