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Wildcats Roll to 7-0 Win in W. Tennis Spring Opener
1/22/2017 10:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Gavin McFarlin - Associate SID
Match Results vs. Wofford
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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Davidson began its 2017 spring women's tennis season with a strong victory over visiting Wofford, 7-0, and kept their win streak in the series alive as well Sunday afternoon on the courts inside the Knobloch Tennis Center.
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The Wildcats (1-0) won their season opener for the first time since 2011 and earned their 17th straight victory in the all-time series vs. Wofford. They ran their all-time record to 24-2 in the series.
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The Wildcats opened the match by scoring doubles wins at No. 1 and 3. The top team of Megan Scholvinck and first-year Samantha Armas sealed the win by taking a 7-5 tie-breaker victory. At No. 3, the pair of Ava Todd and Alexandra Abele blanked the Terriers, 6-0.
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All four players scored singles wins, with Scholvinck and Abele pulling out matches in three sets. Sophomore Scholvinck dropped her first set in a tie-breaker, 7-4, at No. 2, but regrouped and rolled 6-1 and 6-2 wins in the next two sets.
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In her first collegiate match, Abele took a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 decision at No. 4 singles.
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Fellow classmate Armas gave up just two games in cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 decision at No. 6.
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Todd also won in straight sets with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 5, while junior Anna Catharine Feaster won her match at the top singles spot by the same score.
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Rounding out the singles wins was Gabrielle Centenari, who netted a 7-2 tie-breaker victory in the first set and then took the match at No. 3 with a 6-3 decision in the next set.
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Davidson next hosts Gardner-Webb, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m.
DavidsonPhotos.com
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Davidson began its 2017 spring women's tennis season with a strong victory over visiting Wofford, 7-0, and kept their win streak in the series alive as well Sunday afternoon on the courts inside the Knobloch Tennis Center.
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The Wildcats (1-0) won their season opener for the first time since 2011 and earned their 17th straight victory in the all-time series vs. Wofford. They ran their all-time record to 24-2 in the series.
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The Wildcats opened the match by scoring doubles wins at No. 1 and 3. The top team of Megan Scholvinck and first-year Samantha Armas sealed the win by taking a 7-5 tie-breaker victory. At No. 3, the pair of Ava Todd and Alexandra Abele blanked the Terriers, 6-0.
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All four players scored singles wins, with Scholvinck and Abele pulling out matches in three sets. Sophomore Scholvinck dropped her first set in a tie-breaker, 7-4, at No. 2, but regrouped and rolled 6-1 and 6-2 wins in the next two sets.
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In her first collegiate match, Abele took a 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 decision at No. 4 singles.
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Fellow classmate Armas gave up just two games in cruising to a 6-1, 6-1 decision at No. 6.
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Todd also won in straight sets with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 5, while junior Anna Catharine Feaster won her match at the top singles spot by the same score.
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Rounding out the singles wins was Gabrielle Centenari, who netted a 7-2 tie-breaker victory in the first set and then took the match at No. 3 with a 6-3 decision in the next set.
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Davidson next hosts Gardner-Webb, Jan. 28, at 10 a.m.
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