FLORENCE, Ala. — WKU Tennis fell to North Alabama in a closely-contested match on Monday afternoon, as the Lions edged the Lady Toppers by a score of 4-3.
With doubles wins by the No. 1 pair of Lisa Friess and Cora-Lynn von Dungern (6-3) as well as the No. 3 duo of Tristen Bryant-Otake and Lauren Joch (6-4), WKU secured the opening point and got out to a 1-0 lead on the road.
The Lady Toppers' success continued right out of the gate in singles as well, with Laura Bernardos defeating UNA's Lee-Taylor Bishop by a score of 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 to give WKU a 2-0 lead. The Lions (6-9) came back and claimed the next four singles results, however, to clinch the team win. Still, von Dungern was able to salvage a come-from-behind, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles over UNA's Sydney Flesch.
Bernardos and von Dungern each secured their sixth singles victories of the season.
"Give North Alabama credit, they made plays and finished matches in singles after we won the doubles point," head coach Greg Davis said. "We're looking towards a competitive program in Dayton coming to play us at home on Sunday."
As Davis mentioned, the Lady Toppers' next competition will be against Dayton on Sunday, March 15 at the WKU Tennis Complex. This would be WKU's first home match of 2020 after a few of the team's previous scheduled matches in Bowling Green were moved due to weather. The Lady Toppers (6-10) will recognize their two seniors, Friess and Lucia Diaz Saez, and then host the Flyers at 1 p.m.
Final Results
Singles (Order of finish: 6,2,3,4,5,1)
1: Cora-Lynn von Dungern (WKU) def. Sydney Flesch (UNA) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
2: Payton Andrews (UNA) def. Tristen Bryant-Otake (WKU) 6-3, 6-4
3: Nina Linke (UNA) def. Lisa Friess (WKU) 6-4, 6-2
4: Megan Humphreys (UNA) def. Lauren Joch (WKU) 6-4, 6-2
5: Elise Sickle (UNA) def. Lucia Diaz Saez (WKU) 6-2, 7-5
6: Laura Bernardos (WKU) def. Lee-Taylor Bishop (UNA) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles (Order of finish 2,1,3)
1: Friess/von Dungern (WKU) def. Andrews/Humphreys (UNA) 6-3
2: Going/Linke (UNA) def. Bernardos/Diaz Saez (WKU) 6-2
3: Bryant-Otake/Joch (WKU) def. Bishop/Flesch (UNA) 6-4
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