March 25, 2008

Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s Tennis Downs Fayetteville State, 8-1, In Hickory Tuesday

Bears’ fourth straight win sets a school record

Hickory, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Women’s Tennis Team (6-3) defeated Fayetteville State (6-4), 8-1, Tuesday afternoon at the Laurie Newman Tennis Center at Hickory High School. The win was the Bears’ fourth straight, which sets a record for the most consecutive matches won since the sport was reinstated in the 2004-05 season.

Lenoir-Rhyne saw sophomore Bekah Rhoney (Hickory, N.C./St. Stephens HS) sweep No. 5 singles (6-0, 6-0) and freshman Ashley Halvorson (Southlake, Texas/Carroll HS) win at No. 2 singles (6-1, 6-2).

Juniors Jen Binney (Cocoa Beach, Fla./Cocoa Beach HS) and Amanda Hunsucker (Conover, N.C./Newton-Conover HS) also won at No. 3 and No. 6 singles, respectively, while sophomore Kelli Ball (Hanahan, S.C./Keller [Texas] HS) took No. 4 singles (6-4, 6-3).

Ball teamed up with junior Kate Meiners (Matthews, N.C./Piedmont HS) to win No. 1 doubles (8-1) while Halvorson and Binney won No. 2 doubles (8-2) and Rhoney and Hunsucker claimed victory in No. 3 doubles (8-1).

FSU was led by Ines Nieves (Fayetteville, N.C.) who took the Lady Broncos' only win of the day at No. 1 singles (6-2, 7-6 (4)).

Lenoir-Rhyne will return to South Atlantic Conference action on Thursday when it travels to Salisbury, N.C., to take on Catawba at 2:30 p.m. The match will be a doubleheader played simultaneously with the men’s team.

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