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Jacy Smith
Ashley Evans, WCU Communications and Marketing
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Winner UNCG Women's Tennis UNCG (2-0, 1-0 SoCon)
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Western Carolina WCU (4-4, 0-2 SoCon)
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UNCG Women's Tennis UNCG
(2-0, 1-0 SoCon)
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Western Carolina WCU
(4-4, 0-2 SoCon)

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Tennis Drops Heartbreaker to UNCG, 4-3

Hosts Belmont Sunday at noon

The Basics
Score: UNCG 4, Western Carolina 3
Records:  Western Carolina 4-4, 0-2 SoCon, UNCG 2-0, 1-0 SoCon
Location: Cullowhee, N.C., Catamount Tennis Complex
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina lost a hard-fought battle to visiting UNCG 4-3 Saturday at the Catamount Tennis Complex. 
 
TURNING POINT:
The match was tied 3-3 and came down to the No. 3 singles match between Western Carolina's Jacy Smith and UNCG's Hanna Giddings. The three-set match fell the Spartans' and Giddings' way when she took the three-set match 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 7-6 (3-7).
 
 INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
  • Western Carolina breezed through the doubles matches, sweeping the doubles point to lead 1-0 heading into singles. 
  • After Antonella Benavides won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 singles for the Catamounts, the Spartans came back to win at No. 6 and No. 4 singles. 
  • Rookie Kata Foldeak put Western Carolina up 3-2 when she won at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3). 
  • UNCG tied the match 3-3 when Brianna Gomez outlasted Western Carolina's Anna Uljanov in three sets (6-4, 4-6, 6-4). 
  • Junior Smith battled to the end at No. 3 singles even tying the match at 6-6 in the third set but couldn't shake Giddings end the end. 
 
NOTES:
  • Smith's win in doubles gives her 23 in her career ranking sixth in the WCU record books. One win will move her into a tie for fifth place and two will push her to fourth. 
  • The match with Belmont on Sunday will be the fifth meeting between the two teams with both clubs having won two matches. The Catamounts have lost the last two meetings. 
 
UPCOMING:
Western Carolina wraps up its three-match homestand Sunday welcoming Belmont for a noon contest. 
 
 For the latest information on Catamount women's tennis, follow @catamounts or @catamountsTennis on Twitter or go to www.catamountsports.com. In-match updates can be found on the Catamount women's tennis official tennis Twitter page. 
 
 
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