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Spirits Fall to N.C. Wesleyan in Hardcourt Clash

Spirits Fall to N.C. Wesleyan in Hardcourt Clash
Posted: Apr 13, 2024

Score:
N.C. Wesleyan 9, Salem 0

Up Next:
Salem at Brevard | April 16 | Brevard, N.C. | 2 p.m. |

Records:
Salem (5-8, 2-4 USA South) / N.C. Wesleyan (8-5 / 7-0 USA South)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Facing its second match in a three-day stretch the Salem tennis team suffered a USA South Conference setback to defending league champion N.C. Wesleyan at the Bert Lain Tennis Center by a 9-0 margin.

The Spirits were tripped up in the No. 3 clash that featured N.C. Wesleyan's Andrea Elaez Miranda and Linda Nhiwatiwa, who downed Cadence Durham and Abrielle Eckenroth by an 8-0 margin. By the same score, the Battling Bishop tandem of Ajla Selimovic and Ivanna Torres, who downed Alana Bridges and Alyx Diggs.

The best match up of doubles came in No. 1 action, where the duo of N.C. Wesleyan's Elisa Mariott and Cristina Romero edged out Salem's Adley Keim and Mariana Faint by an 8-6 margin.

Leading 3-0 heading into singles play, N.C. Wesleyan claimed one of its six points in No. 1 action, as Mariotti defeated Keim by scores of 6-0, 6-0. Romero was also responsible for a singles victory for the visitors, posting a 6-0, 6-3 win over Faint in No. 2 action.

Miranda, like Mariotti, delivered a straight set victory (6-0, 6-0) over Durham in the meeting of No. 3 singles. Bridges notched two points for the Spirits in No. 4 singles, but fell by scores of 6-1, 6-1 to Torres in No. 4 action.

Selimovic provided a point in No. 5 singles, posting a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Eckenroth. Meanwhile, Nhiwatiwa came through with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Diggs in No. 6 singles play.

Singles competition
1. Elisa Mariotti (NCWC) def. Adley Keim (SAL) 6-0, 6-0
2. Cristina M. Romero (NCWC) def. Mariana Faint (SAL) 6-0, 6-3
3. Andrea Elaez Miranda (NCWC) def. Cadence Durham (SAL) 6-0, 6-0
4. Ivanna Torres (NCWC) def. Alana Bridges (SAL) 6-1, 6-1
5. Ajla Selimovic (NCWC) def. Abrielle Eckenroth (SAL) 6-1, 6-0
6. Linda Nhiwatiwa (NCWC) def. Alyx Diggs (SAL) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Elisa Mariotti/Cristina M. Romero (NCWC) def. Adley Keim/Mariana Faint (SAL) 8-6
2. Ajla Selimovic/Ivanna Torres (NCWC) def. Alana Bridges/Alyx Diggs (SAL) 8-0
3. Andrea Elaez Miranda/Linda Nhiwatiwa (NCWC) def. Cadence Durham/Abrielle Eckenroth (SAL) 8-0