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Monday, 30 January 2012 22:46 |
Appalachian State Women’s Tennis took an undefeated record into a full weekend of play against Liberty and James Madison The Mountaineer’s came out with a win, but with their first loss as well.
ASU won 4-3 against Liberty Saturday but fell to James Madison 5-2 Sunday, both at a neutral site.
Despite falling to James Madison head coach Colin Crothers was still proud of the way the team performed against Liberty.
“I think we did great. I knew they were nervous playing them. They came through,” Crothers said.
Coach Crothers was still happy with the way his team played a tough James Madison team.
“We played them last year and lost six to one, this time we gave them a scare. Jennifer pulled out a great match. We won number one doubles which was better than last year. We just have to find that right combinations at two and three doubles,” Crothers said.
Even though the team fell short for the first time this season, there were two major bright spots as juniors Ellie Linsell and Jennifer Ansari remained undefeated this season in both their doubles and singles matches.
Junior Ellie Linsell was pleased with her effort as well as her team’s.
“It was very emotional and [I was] really so happy that I won. I now just need to trust my strides and shots and believe I can win in both doubles and both singles. Overall, we were really tough as a team. We were cheering for each other and there are things to work on but beating Liberty was a huge win,” Linsell said.
Linsell won her match against. Liberty 6-3, 7-6, 7-3 and against James Madison 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-6 (8-6).
Ansari took her match against Liberty 6-1, 0-6, 6-4 as she recovered from a devastating second set.
The Mountaineers’ next match will take place against the Hokies of Virginia Tech Feb. 4.
Story: JORDAN DEVERE, Intern Sports Reporter
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