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Katya Akimenko
Lexi Griggs (MEC)
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UVA Wise WISE-W (2-8; 0-5 SAC)
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Winner Wingate WU (7-1; 5-0 SAC)
UVA Wise WISE-W
(2-8; 0-5 SAC)
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Final
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Wingate WU
(7-1; 5-0 SAC)
Winner

Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Alyce Bryant

Women's Tennis Swept at No. 13 Wingate

WINGATE, N.C. – Women's tennis dropped its road match 7-0 at No. 13 Wingate University Saturday afternoon.

Juniors Katya Akimenko and Liza Akimenko paired up at No. 1 doubles as the duo were defeated 6-1 by Wingate's Elena Bompieri and Jessica Ruetten. Fellow juniors Grace Hall and Lillian Morris were swept by the Bulldogs Elena Gunfaus and Sarah Huynh at No. 2 while Wingate won at No. 3 by default to take the doubles point.

In singles play, Liza Akimenko was outlasted 6-4, 6-0 at No. 1 while Katya Akimenko was defeated by the same score at the No. 2 position. Hall was swept, 6-0, 6-0, by Ruetten at No. 3 while freshman Sarah Moore was topped, 6-1, 6-1, by Huynh at the No. 4 spot. Wingate won by default at No. 6 as Morris fell to the Bulldogs Jadyn Kadyk, 6-1, 6-0, at the No. 5 spot.

Head coach Danny Rowland's squad will stay on the road to face No. 19 Queens (N.C.) with first serve scheduled for 12 p.m. Sunday.

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