Wingate, N.C.- The Lenoir-Rhyne women's tennis team took down No. 11 Wingate 4-2 on Wednesday for the highest ranked win in program history. This doubled as the first Bear victory over the Bulldogs in their DII history.
The Bears got a key doubles point with the doubles pairings of
Mehetia Boosie /
Runa Muderrisoglu and
Alexa Allison /
Nellie Wahlberg winning at the No. 2 and 3 positions. The Bears continued thatt momentum into singles play, with
Nellie Wahlberg (3),
Mehetia Boosie (5), and
Disha Khandoji (6) winning their matches. Khandoji clinched with a tiebreaker in the second set. This is Lenoir-Rhyne's second top-25 win of the season with the first being a 4-1 win over Newberry on March 21st.
Doubles Results
1. Anastasiia Oktiabreva / Daniela Kotara def.
Sandra Mahbouli /
Claudia Orsini (LR) 6-3
2.
Mehetia Boosie /
Runa Muderrisoglu (LR)
def. Fernanda Castillo / Claudia Vellejos (WU) 6-2
3.
Alexa Allison /
Nellie Wahlberg (LR) def. Honomi Wantabe / Mariia Bobrovska (WU) 6-2
Singles Results
1. Claudia Vellejos (WU) def.
Runa Muderrisoglu (LR) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
2. Anastasiia Oktiabreva (WU) def.
Claudia Orsini (LR) 6-4, 7-6
3.
Nellie Wahlberg (LR)
def. Fernanda Castillo (WU) 6-2, 6-2
4.
Sandra Mahbouli (LR) vs. Honomi Wantabe (WU) 6-7, 6-3, 2-1 UNFINISHED
5.
Mehetia Boosie (LR) def. Mariia Bobrovska (WU) 6-4, 6-0
6.
Disha Khandoji (LR) def. Benedetta Palazzo (WU) 6-4, 7-6
Lenoir-Rhyne will honor their seniors on Saturday prior to their match against Lincoln Memorial. The Railsplitters are 10-10 on the year and defeated UVA Wise 4-2 earlier this week. First serve is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
