February 28, 2008

Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s Tennis Edges Wingate, 5-4, In South Atlantic Conference Action

Bobby McKee gets his first win as L-R Director of Tennis

Wingate, N.C. - The Lenoir-Rhyne College Women’s Tennis Team (1-1, 1-0) rallied from a 2-1 doubles deficit to defeat Wingate University (4-5, 0-1), 5-4, Thursday evening in South Atlantic Conference action.

The Bears’ win was the first under Director of Tennis Bobby McKee and the first conference win since the 2005 season.

L-R won the number one doubles flight, 9-7, as junior Kate Meiners (Matthews, N.C./Piedmont) and sophomore Kelli Ball (Goose Creek, S.C./Keller [Texas] HS) outlasted Wingate’s Hollyn Alberghini (Stanfield, N.C.) and Shawn Kindley (Lincolnton, N.C.). The Bulldogs took the remaining two doubles matches for a 2-1 team lead.

In singles competition, Lenoir-Rhyne won four of the six matches to claim the 5-4 victory.

Meiners and Ball both won their singles matches in straight sets, by scores of (6-2, 6-4) and (6-0, 6-1), respectively.

Freshman Ashley Halvorson (Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS) took Alberghini to three sets, coming through with the win (6-3, 5-7, 6-1) while junior Amanda Hunsucker (Conover, N.C./Newton-Conover HS) sealed the team victory with a win in tiebreaks, two sets to one (7-6, 3-6, 7-6).

Lenoir-Rhyne returns home Friday to face Brevard College at 2:00 p.m.

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