Box score
GAFFNEY, S.C. --- The Limestone College women's
tennis team swept both singles and doubles play en route to a 9-0
victory over Lees-McRae College in Conference Carolinas play on
Thursday afternoon.
Limestone's (12-6, 8-3 CC) duo of Paige Palinkas and Lauren
Bolender opened the afternoon with a hard-fought 9-7 victory over
Lees-McRae's (1-11, 1-8 CC) tandem of Lyndsay Peagram (Greensboro,
N.C.) and Samantha Wohlers (Windsor, Ontario, Canada), as Jimena
Munoz Quiroga and Ariel Svantesson defeated Kelsey Hiatt (Mt. Airy,
N.C.) and Raven Harris (St. Pauls, N.C.), 8-2. Limestone was
awarded the third doubles flight by default.
Palinkas kicked off singles play with a 7-5, 6-2 win against
Peagram, as Quiroga defeated Wohlers, 6-0, 6-1 in the second
flight. Segolene Ollivier posted a 6-0, 6-2 win over Hiatt at No. 3
singles, as Bolender defeated Harris, 6-0, 6-0. Limestone was
awarded the fifth and sixth singles flights by default.
Lees-McRae returns to the courts on Friday when the Bobcats host
Pfeiffer University in conference play at 2 p.m.
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