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Western Carolina WCU (0-5)
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Kate Swartwout, Student Assistant

Strickland Breaks Career Doubles Win Record in Loss at UNCG

Catamounts travel to Elon Sunday

The Basics
Score: UNCG 5, Western Carolina 2
Records:  Western Carolina 0-6, 0-1 SoCon, UNCG 2-7, 1-0 SoCon
Location: Greensboro, N.C., UNCG Tennis Courts  
 
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Jordan Strickland won her record-breaking 42nd career doubles match in the Catamounts' 5-2 loss at UNCG Saturday at the UNCG Tennis Courts. .
 
The Catamounts were competing without one of its players due to injury, which resulted in a default of singles match No. 6.
 
TURNING POINT:
Lauren McCall's singles win at the No. 4 spot kept the Spartans from completing a sweep while the pairings of Jacy Smith and Strickland and Jordyn King and McCall got the doubles job done, winning two of the three matches to earn the Catamounts their first doubles point of the season. 
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
  • Only five singles matches were played as the Catamounts continue to compete shorthanded due to injury.
  • McCall earned the Catamounts' lone singles win with a 6-7, 6-3, 10-8 defeat of UNCG's Hanna Giddings at the No. 4 spot.
  • King and McCall defeated Spartans' Tayah Cross and Brianna Gomez 6-2 at the No. 3 spot.
 
NOTES:
  • Strickland and Smith's 6-4 win over UNCG's Erika Barquero and Ariana Chan at the No. 1 doubles spot is the duo's third doubles win in a row.
  • Strickland takes over the duel doubles record with 42. Teammate McCall is right behind chasing her with 41.
 
UPCOMING:
The Catamounts will be back in action on Sunday, Mar. 1 at 1 p.m. as they travel to Elon to take on the Phoenix.
 
For the latest information on Catamount women's tennis, follow @catamounts on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com.
 
 
 
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