#7 Tennis Overwhelmes #10 Westmont 7-2

March 4, 2016

In a battle of top-10 NAIA teams, the #7 Brenau tennis team defeated #10 Westmont (Calif.) College 7-2 on Wednesday in the second match of their West Coast tour.

The Golden Tigers started strong in doubles play as the team of Patricia Recalde Pacua/ Kelley Cohron opened the match with an 8-4 victory. Then the pairing of Fatyha Berjane/Paula Rives Palau added to the win total with an 8-3 victory over Ines Constamagna/Haley Strandness.

In singles play, Brenau dominated play as Rebecca Pijls won her opening singles match 6-3, 6-1 over Isabel Lee. Then Kelley Cohron added a win at #6 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Chloe Clement.

Maya Mammetgulyyeva also won her match at #4 singles with 6-4, 6-3 victory over Strandness, while Rives won at #5 singles with a 6-2, 6-1 win.

Berjane then defeated the NAIA #4 ranked player Lauren Stratman 3-6, 7-5, 11-9 to close out the match.

The Golden Tigers look to finish their West Coast trip on a high note as the team takes on Biola (Calif.) University at 10 am Pacific Time. Biola will be live streaming one singles and one doubles match here.

Brenau 7, Westmont 2

Doubles:

1. Stratman/Lee (WC) def. Mammetgulyyeva/Pijls (BU) 8-4

2. Berjane/Palau (BU) def. Costamagna/Strandness (WC) 8-3

3. Recalde/Cohron (BU) def. Rivera/Clement (WC) 8-4

Singles:

1. Fatyha Berjane (BU) def. Lauren Stratman (WC) 3-6, 7-5, 11-9

2. Ines Costamagna (WC) def. Patricia Recalde (BU) 6-2, 6-1

3. Rebecca Pijls (BU) def. Isabel Lee (WC) 6-3, 6-1

4. Maya Mammetgulyyeva (BU) def. Haley Strandness (WC) 6-4, 6-3

5. Paula Rives (BU) def. Fernanda Rivera (WC) 6-2, 6-1

6. Kelley Cohron (BU) def. Chloe Clement (WC) 6-3, 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3, 2, 1); Singles (3, 2, 6, 4*, 5, 1)