Box Score FLORENCE, Ala. – The Lee University women's tennis team posted wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles before losing at University of North Alabama, 7-2, Friday afternoon. The Gulf South Conference (GSC) match was contested at Cox Creek Park.
North Alabama (7-6, 6-3 GSC) swept the doubles competition to carry a 3-0 lead into singles action. Francesca Tondi and Marta Garcia-Nieto were beaten 8-2 by Claudia Arroyo and Donna Haycock. Laura Beth Hardesty and Maclain Yowarsky were 8-3 victims to Olivera Ngouabeu and Nele Seitz. Joanna Grzegrzolka and Morgan Friedlander lost 8-4 to Avery King and Claire DeGeorge.
Tondi lost her opening set to Ngouabeu 6-4 before forcing a final set with a 7-5 second set win. Tondi earned a team point with an 11-9 mark in the third set.
Grzegrzolka garnered a second Lee (14-8, 2-7 GSC) team point with another three-set victory. The freshman from Warsaw, Poland, won the opening set of No. 2 singles, 6-1. She then overcame a 6-2 loss in the second set with a 10-5 margin to defeat Arroyo.
Haycock beat Garcia-Nieto 6-3 and 6-2. King, Seitz and DeGeorge each dropped just one game in their singles wins.
The Lady Flames return home to face Carson-Newman University on April 8. The non-conference match is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
North Alabama 7, Lee University 2Singles 1. Francesca Tondi (LEE-W) def. Olivera Ngouabeu (UNA) 4-6, 7-5, 11-9
2. Joanna Grzegrzolka (LEE-W) def. Claudia Arroyo (UNA) 6-1, 2-6, 10-5
3. Donna Haycock (UNA) def. Marta Garcia-Nieto (LEE-W) 6-3, 6-2
4. Avery King (UNA) def. Krista Good (LEE-W) 6-0, 6-1
5. Nele Seitz (UNA) def. Maclain Yowarsky (LEE-W) 6-0, 6-1
6. Claire DeGeorge (UNA) def. Morgan Friedlander (LEE-W) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles 1. Claudia Arroyo/Donna Haycock (UNA) def. Francesca Tondi/Marta Garcia-Nieto (LEE-W) 8-2
2. Olivera Ngouabeu/Nele Seitz (UNA) def. Laura Beth Hardesty/Maclain Yowarsky (LEE-W) 8-3
3. Avery King/Claire DeGeorge (UNA) def. Joanna Grzegrzolka/Morgan Friedlander (LEE-W) 8-4
