Women's Tennis

Buccaneers down Liberty, 6-1, on Sunday afternoon

Box score

CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Buccaneers continued their winning play in the state of Virginia on Sunday afternoon as Charleston Southern went 2-0 in their swing through the Old Dominion State with their 6-1 victory over Liberty University.

The Bucs won two of the three doubles matches and five of the six singles competitions in picking up their seventh Big South Conference win of the season.

Charleston Southern improves to 11-5 on the season, 7-1 in conference play in 2013. Liberty falls to 10-8, 6-3 in Big South action overall.

CSU opened up the day at the Hershey-Esbenshade Tennis Courts winning two of the three doubles matches to take the first point of the day.

Alia Nour and Angelica Sidorenko picked up the first win of the day, defeating Rebekah Jenkins and Nicola Wellman on court no. 1, 8-2. Yvonne Hubler and Alexandra Walters finished soon after, topping Jessie Boda and Brittany Yang on court no. 2, clinching the opening point for CSU with their 8-4 victory.

The Flames picked up the final victory in doubles action on court no. 3, as Cameron Richard and Valerie Thong topped Susita Das and Marketa Placha, 8-7.

Moving into singles competition, Hubler topped Richard to open the scoring and put the Bucs ahead 2-0 with the 6-1, 6-1 victory. Walters finished soon after on court no. 4 with the 6-2, 6-4 victory over Thong. Sidorenko clinched the win for the second consecutive day, defeating Wellman in a tough three set match, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.

The remaining three matches all went three sets with the Bucs pulling out victories on courts 1 and 5.

Nour and Yang split the first two sets, with each player winning 6-4. In the deciding final frame, Nour closed out the win with the 6-4 victory.

Annisha Domenech picked up the lone Liberty victory on the afternoon, topping Das on court no. 6 in the deciding third set. Das topped Domenech in the first set, winning 6-2, while the Liberty athlete evened the match with the 6-2 win in the second frame. In the final set, Domenech closed out the win with the 6-4 victory.

The final match of the day saw Placha close out the Bucs victory, topping Jenkins on court no. 1, rallying to win the 5-7, 7-5, 10-6 victory.

Charleston Southern closes out Big South Conference action this week as the Bucs travel to Conway, S.C. on Wednesday, April 10th, against Coastal Carolina. First serve in doubles play is set for 2 p.m. at the Billy Nichols Tennis Center.

Charleston Southern 6, Liberty 1
Apr 07, 2013 at Lynchburg, Va. (Hershey-Esbenshade Tennis Courts)
Singles competition
1. Marketa Placha (CSU) def. JENKINS, Rebekah (LIBERTYW) 5-7, 7-5, 10-6
2. Yvonne Hubler (CSU) def. RICHARD, Cameron (LIBERTYW) 6-1, 6-1
3. Angelica Sidorenko (CSU) def. WELLMAN, Nicola (LIBERTYW) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
4. Alexandra Walters (CSU) def. THONG, Valerie (LIBERTYW) 6-2, 6-4
5. Alia Nour (CSU) def. YANG, Brittany (LIBERTYW) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
6. DOMENECH, Annisha (LIBERTYW) def. Susita Das (CSU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Alia Nour/Angelica Sidorenko (CSU) def. JENKINS, Rebekah/WELLMAN, Nicola (LIBERTYW) 8-2
2. Yvonne Hubler/Alexandra Walters (CSU) def. BODA, Jessie/YANG, Brittany (LIBERTYW) 8-4
3. RICHARD, Cameron/THONG, Valerie (LIBERTYW) def. Susita Das/Marketa Placha (CSU) 8-7

Match Notes
Charleston Southern 11-5 (7-1 Big South)
Liberty 10-9 (6-3 Big South)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,4,3,5,6,1)

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