March 20, 2011

Box Score

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Western Carolina tennis fell to UNCG Sunday afternoon 6-1 with the Catamounts' lone win coming from sophomore Karen Jimenez Sarmiento at the No. 4 singles spot. Jimenez Sarmiento defeated Annette Rios, winning 7-6 (9), 6-2.

The Spartans picked up wins in the top two doubles matches with the Catamounts defaulting at No. 3 doubles.

With UNCG already being up 2-1 after the defaulted No. 6 singles match, the Spartans went on to win the remaining singles matches.

At No. 1 singles, Niltooli Wilkins of UNCG defeated Izabella Glinska 6-1, 6-4. Alex Whitehead clinched the match for the Spartans with her win at No. 2 singles over Carolina Lainez. Whitehead won 6-1, 6-2.

Western Carolina will travel to Asheville Tuesday to take on UNC-Asheville before returning to Cullowhee Sunday to face Coastal Carolina University as the Purple and Gold begins its first of four straight non-conference matches.

No. 70 UNCG 6, Western Carolina 1

Doubles:

No. 1: Stephanie Macfarlane/Alex Whitehead (UNCG) def. Ainhoa Iglesias Díaz / Carolina Lainez (WCU), 8-3

No. 2: Niltooli Wilkins/Lucy Dougherty (UNCG) def. Izabella Glinska / Karen Jiménez Sarmiento (WCU), 8-2

No. 3: Sutherland/Yurtkuran (UNCG) won by default

order of finish (2*,1) *clinched doubles point

Singles:

No. 1: Niltooli Wilkins (UNCG) def. Izabella Glinska (WCU) 6-1, 6-4

No. 2: Alex Whitehead (UNCG) def. Carolina Lainez (WCU) 6-1, 6-2

No. 3: Stephanie Macfarlane (UNCG) def. Ainhoa Iglesias Díaz (WCU) 6-0, 6-1

No. 4: Karen Jiménez Sarmiento (WCU) def. Annette Rios (UNCG) 7-6(9), 6-2

No. 5: Mikayla Rogers (UNCG) def. Katie Barry (WCU) 6-0, 6-0

No. 6: Devon Sutherland (UNCG) won by default order of finish (5,2*,3,1,4) *clinched match