WILSON, N.C. – The Barton women's tennis team (5-0, 2-0) remained unbeaten on the season after pulling out a 4-3 victory over Lees-McRae (2-2, 1-1) Sunday afternoon in a Conference Carolinas match at the Bulldogs complex.
With the match tied at three, Barton senior
Ada Vargas (Lima, PERU) bested Lees-McRae's Laura Ocampo (Bogata, COLUMBIA) by a score of 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7) and 6-3 at fifth singles to help the Bulldogs pull out the win.
Vargas also teamed with sophomore
Luciana Prudencio (La Paz, BOLIVIA) to win at third doubles while the Bulldogs rallied to win four of the six singles' matches after dropping the doubles' point. Vargas and junior
Isabella Caballero (La Paz, BOLIVIA) are both 4-0 in singles' competition this year.
Barton next travels to Raleigh, N.C., to take on Shaw beginning at 1:00 p.m., while Lees-McRae travels to Due West, S.C., to take on Erskine on Friday afternoon at 3:00 p.m.
NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Final
Barton 4, Lees-McRae 3
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Wilson, N.C. (Bulldogs Complex)
Singles competition:
1. Sandy Allen (LMC) def.
Marissa Stevenson (BARTON), 6-4, 6-3
2.
Eimear Maher (BARTON) def. Zeynep Cakirer (LMC), 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-4)
3.
Isabella Caballero (BARTON) def. N. Shamsuddin (LMC), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
4. Mei Hiramatsu (LMC) def.
Grace McCartney (BARTON), 0-6, 6-3, 7-5
5.
Ada Vargas (BARTON) def. Laura Ocampo (LMC), 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (4-7), 6-3
6.
Claudia Capellades (BARTON) def. Tessa Wells (LMC), 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition:
1. Sandy Allen/N. Shamsuddin (LMC) def.
Marissa Stevenson/
Eimear Maher (BARTON), 6-0
2. Zeynep Cakirer/Mei Hiramatsu (LMC) def.
Isabella Caballero/
Claudia Capellades (BARTON), 6-3
3.
Ada Vargas/
Luciana Prudencio (BARTON) def. Tessa Wells/Laura Ocampo (LMC), 6-4
Records: Lees-McRae (2-2, 1-1 CC), Barton (5-0, 2-0 CC)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,3,1,4,2,5)
