Hickory, N.C. – The Coker Women's Tennis Team (4-5, 3-3) pulled out a 5-4 South Atlantic Conference victory over Lenoir-Rhyne (8-9, 2-5) Saturday afternoon at Hickory High School.

Despite the loss, the Bears had all six players in the starting lineup win at either singles or doubles including sophomore Iulia Ponomareva (Smolensk, RUSSIA) at No. 1 singles over Coker's Jennifer Ruetten (Heinsberg, GERMANY) by scores of 6-2 and 6-2.

Lenoir-Rhyne hosts Wingate on Wednesday beginning at 2:00 p.m., while Coker hosts Lincoln Memorial Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Final
Coker 5, Lenoir-Rhyne 4
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Hickory, N.C. (Hickory High School)

Singles competition:
1. Iulia Ponomareva (LR) def. Jennifer Ruetten (COKER), 6-2, 6-2
2. Jennifer Mezei (COKER) def. Marta Escanero Funes (LR), 6-7, 6-1, 6-0
3. Sara Kalkenova (LR) def. Jenna Gainey (COKER), 6-3, 6-4
4. Suzanna Mickey (COKER) def. Emily Murchland (LR), 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Julia Sorrells (COKER) def. Sophia Aguilar di Camillo (LR), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
6. Sarah Elliott (COKER) def. Taylor Fredrickson (LR), 0-6, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition:
1. Jennifer Mezei/Jenna Gainey (COKER) def. Sara Kalkenova/Iulia Ponomareva (LR), 8-3
2. Emily Murchland/Taylor Fredrickson (LR) def. Jennifer Ruetten/Julia Sorrells (COKER), 8-3
3. Marta Escanero Funes/Sophia Aguilar di Camillo (LR) def. Suzanna Mickey/Sarah Elliott (COKER), 8-5

Records:  Coker (4-5, 3-3 SAC), Lenoir-Rhyne (8-9, 2-5 SAC)