Davidson Falls on the Road, 4-3, in W. Tennis

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The doubles point proved to be the difference in a non-conference women's tennis battle between Davidson and East Carolina with the Pirates sweeping all three doubles matches to send the Wildcats to a 4-3 defeat on Saturday morning ECU Tennis Complex.

Davidson saw its four-match win streak come to an end as it fell to 12-6 overall. ECU ran its spring record to 15-7.

The Wildcats, coming off a 4-3 league win on Tuesday at Elon, could not duplicate their success in doubles as they did against the Phoenix when they swept all three matches. The Pirates took all three matches to grab the early 1-0 lead in team points, but the 'Cats did not go down without a fight. All three matches went an extra game and the No. 2 doubles team of Alison Rauh (Trier, Germany) and Stephani Synn (Conover, N.C.) forced a tiebreaker to determine the winner.

Singles play was split down the middle with each team taking three of the six matches. Senior Virginia Berry (Spartanburg, S.C.) got back on the winning side with her 11th singles win, a three-setter (6-4, 1-6, 7-6) vs. Jessica Cook at No. 1.

Fellow senior Ali Gores (Charlotte, N.C.) halted a personal four-math losing streak with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5 for her seventh win of the season. It was also the senior's first win at the position.

Getting the Wildcats' third point was Samantha Galainena (Burr Ridge, Ill.) at No. 6. The junior ran her singles win streak to five straight, currently a team-best, with a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Abby Richmond to improve to 12-5 on the season. She is tied with Synn for the team lead in wins.

Synn saw her win streak snapped at five after a 7-5, 6-4 defeat at No. 3 and Teresa Wang (Charlotte, N.C.) also battled to the end in her match vs. Petra Vogel at No. 2. Wang forced a third set with a 6-4 win in the second set, but came up short in the final set at 6-4 after also dropping the first set, 6-4. Wang along with Rauh, who dropped a 6-1, 7-6 decision at No. 4, are both just one win away from reaching the 10-win plateau on the year.

Davidson wraps up the weekend with a trip to Boone, N.C. to play SoCon-foe Appalachian State on Sunday at 3 p.m.

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