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Women's Tennis

WOMEN’S TENNIS RALLIES PAST GARDNER-WEBB FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN


BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. –
Despite dropping the doubles point, Radford won the top four singles matches to record its fourth straight win, a 4-3 victory over Gardner-Webb in Big South women's tennis action Sunday afternoon.

The Highlanders improve to 6-3 overall and 1-1 in conference, while the Runnin' Bulldogs drop to 5-4 overall and 1-1 in conference.

The lone win in doubles action came from the Highlander tandem of Mia Drobnjak and Sara Tegner who defeated Ioana Oprea/Rita Gouveia, 8-4, to push their record to 6-1 at No.2 doubles.

In singles action, Drobnjak got Radford on the board with a, 6-3, 6-4, win over Erica White at the No.1 position. #Petra Dajevic # tied the math at 2-2 with a straight-set victory over Rita Gouveia on court three.

Mirna Matic gave the Highlanders a 3-2 advantage with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 win over Kasey Ellis at the No. 4 position. #Ivana Tomaic# sealed the win for Radford with 7-6, 7-6, win against Ioana Oprea at the No. 2 position.

The Highlanders return to action March 19 against Howard at 2:00 pm.

Radford 4, Gardner-Webb 3
Doubles

1. ELLIS, Kasey/WHITE, Erica (GWU) def. Mirna Matic/Ivana Tomaic (RU) 8-
2. Mia Drobnjak/Sarah Tegner (RU) def. GOUVEIA, Rita/OPREA, Ioana (GWU) 8-4
3. BLACK, Tavenner/HUTTERLI, Ronia (GWU) def. Petra Dajevic/Emerald Lauzon (RU) 8-4

Singles
1. Mia Drobnjak (RU) def. WHITE, Erica (GWU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Ivana Tomaic (RU) def. OPREA, Ioana (GWU) 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-4)
3. Petra Dajevic (RU) def. GOUVEIA, Rita (GWU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Mirna Matic (RU) def. ELLIS, Kasey (GWU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
5. HUTTERLI, Ronia (GWU) def. Sarah Tegner (RU) 6-2, 6-3
6. BLACK, Tavenner (GWU) def. Emerald Lauzon (RU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5)
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