"We knew that Chattanooga had a good team and they showed that today," Head Coach Anuk Christiansz said.  "Playing without Marina made it even tougher as all the players had to move up, but I really thought they competed hard."
 
The match was already going to be tough, but the Hornets went into the match down a player as ASU's leading singles winner, Marina Cartier, sat out the match nursing an injury.  That caused a reshuffling of the lineup where all of ASU's players moved up a position.
 
UTC (10-2) won the doubles point with 8-1 wins at two and three doubles and completed the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win at one singles.
 
The Lady Mocs finished the match sweeping singles play.  There were a couple of strong outings for ASU during the match as Nicole Tekelova went into the third set before falling 6-0, 2-6, 1-0.  Irina Cvijovic also moved up and played three singles where she fell 7-5, 6-3 and Arantxia Wijngaarde took two games in each set at one singles.
 
"We actually had a couple of strong outings," Christiansz added.  "We had some chances at one doubles, and Nicole and Irina really had strong opportunities to win their matches outright.  Arantxia also played well.  We still have a lot of work to do before SWAC play next week, but seeing how hard the girls played today and when we get Marina back we will be a lot better team."
 
The Lady Hornets will be back home to host Alabama-Huntsville March 23 at 2 p.m.  It will be their final warm up before the SWAC Round up that will begin just a few days later.

Chattanooga 7, Alabama State University 0
Mar 18, 2015 at Chattanooga, Tenn. (UTC Tennis Courts)

Singles competition

1. Jones, Kayla (UTC) def. Arantxia Wijngaarde (ALSTW) 6-2, 6-2

2. Coots, Kelsey (UTC) def. Brankica Orlovic (ALSTW) 6-0, 6-0

3. Chadwell, Kaylene (UTC) def. Irina Cvijovic (ALSTW) 7-5, 6-3

4. Caswell, Samantha (UTC) def. Matabe Akoachere (ALSTW) 6-0, 6-2

5. Mulyadi, Claire (UTC) def. Nicole Tekelova (ALSTW) 6-0, 2-6, 1-0

6. Gazzola, Rachele (UTC) def. Brianna Fairley (ALSTW) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Jones, Kayla/Caswell, Samantha (UTC) def. Arantxia Wijngaarde/Matabe Akoachere (ALSTW) 8-4

2. Coots, Kelsey/Chadwell, Kaylene (UTC) def. Irina Cvijovic/Brankica Orlovic (ALSTW) 8-1

3. Storie, Alison/Polk, Katie (UTC) def. Nicole Tekelova/Nathalie Lorenco (ALSTW) 8-1

Match Notes

Alabama State University 5-7

Chattanooga 10-2

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,2,4,1,3,5)