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Women's Tennis Fell to Clemson 4-0 in First Round of NCAA Championships

       

Women's Tennis Fell to Clemson 4-0 in First Round of NCAA Championships

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CLEMSON, SC – The Coastal Carolina University women's tennis team fell to the Clemson Lady Tigers 4-0 on Friday, May 11 in the first round of the NCAA Championships at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center. With the win, No. 6 Clemson improved to 21-4 on the year, while the Chanticleers ended
their season with a 19-6 record.

The Tigers clinched the doubles point in just over 30 minutes to take the
1-0 lead in the match. Clemson’s Estefania Balda and Ina Hadziselimovic swept Maria Camberos (San Luis Potosi, Mexico/Instituto Lomar del Real) and Nicole Lemmerer (Bad Mitterndorf, Austria/Borg Bad Aussee) at flight two, 8-0, as the duo held serve to post the final point. Tigers Carol Salge and Maria Brito followed with their own 8-0 victory defeating Sarize Coetzee (Bloemfontein, South Africa/Oranje Meisieskool (Texas Tech)) and Sofie Ahlberg (Stockholm,Sweden/Adalsskolan) to remain undefeated at 9-0 on the year.

In singles action, Hadziselimovic put the Tigers up, 2-0, at the flight six position. She defeated Camberos, 6-0, 6-0. Balda then won a 6-0, 6-2 decision over Amy Pazahanick (Canton, Georgia/Brookwood High School (Georgia Southern University)) in the number two match-up to score Clemson’s third point of the morning. Salge, a junior, then clinched the victory for the Tigers with a 6-1, 6-0 win against Coetzee at flight two.

#6 Clemson 4, Coastal Carolina 0
Doubles
1. #11 Mijacka/van Adrichem (CU) vs. Rudman/Pazahanick (CC), dnf
2. #55 Balda/Hadziselimovic (CU) def. Camberos/Nicole Lemmerer (CC), 8-0
3. Brito/Salge (CU) def. Coetzee/Ahlberg (CC), 8-0
Order of Finish – 2, 1
 Singles
1. #27 Ani Mijacika (CU) vs. Hayley Rudman (CC), dnf
*2. #98 Carol Salge (CU) def. Sarize Coetzee (CC), 6-1, 6-0
3. #81 Estefania Balda (CU) def. Amy Pazahanick (CC), 6-0, 6-2
4. Federica van Adrichem (CU) vs. Kimberley Webb (CC), dnf
5. Maria Brito (CU) vs. Sofie Ahlberg (CC), dnf
6. Ina Hadziselimovic (CU) def. Maria Camberos (CC), 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish – 6, 3, 2
 * - Clinched match
 Records: Clemson 21-4; Coastal Carolina 19-6