SUMTER, S.C. - The Barton women's tennis team (2-0) remained unbeaten on the season with a 5-2 victory over Augusta (4-2) Sunday afternoon at the Palmetto Tennis Center.
Three players for the Bulldogs – senior
Marissa Stevenson (Kirk Michael, ISLE OF MAN), senior
Claudia Capellades (Barcelona, SPAIN) and junior
Isabella Caballero (La Paz, BOLIVIA) – all won in singles and doubles action.
The duo of Capellades and Caballero defeated Augusta University's Carlota Costa Manero (Barcelona, SPAIN) and Clara Bascunana deMiguel (Barcelona, SPAIN) by a score of 6-3 at second doubles to help the Bulldogs clinch the point.
Barton travels to Fayetteville, N.C., to take on Methodist on Wednesday beginning at 2:00 p.m., while Augusta faces North Georgia in Dahlonega, Ga., on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.
NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Final
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Barton 5, Augusta 2
Sumter, S.C. (Palmetto Tennis Center)
Singles competition:
1.
Marissa Stevenson (BARTON) def. Teresa Franco Dias (AU), 6-4, 6-3
2. Ana Faria (AU) def.
Eimear Maher (BARTON), 6-1, 6-0
3.
Isabella Caballero (BARTON) def. Edith Rueda Croda (AU), 6-2, 6-4
4. Bascunana deMiguel (AU) def.
Grace McCartney (BARTON), 7-5, 6-1
5.
Ada Vargas (BARTON) def. Carlota Costa Manero (AU), 6-1, 7-5
6.
Claudia Capellades (BARTON) def. Maria Alice Vieira (AU), by forfeit
Doubles competition:
1.
Marissa Stevenson/
Eimear Maher (BARTON) def. Ana Faria/Teresa Franco Dias (AU) 4-2, retired
2.
Isabella Caballero/
Claudia Capellades (BARTON) def. Bascunana deMiguel/Carlota Costa Manero (AU), 6-3
3. Edith Rueda Croda/Maria Alice Vieira (AU) def.
Ada Vargas/
Luciana Prudencio (BARTON), 6-4
Records: Augusta (4-2), Barton (2-0)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,4,5,1,3)