WILSON, N.C. – The Barton women's tennis team (6-7, 2-0) remained undefeated in Conference Carolinas play with a 4-3 home victory over Francis Marion (5-6, 0-2) Tuesday at the Bulldogs Complex.
The Barton duo of sophomore
Tilde Howeler (Stockholm, SWEDEN) and freshman
Irma Granstam (Linkoping, SWEDEN) won at first doubles for the sixth straight match with their 6-4 triumph over Francis Marion's Chelsea Seidewitz (Fassberg, GERMANY) and Julie Martincova (Liberec, CZECH REPUBLIC).
Howeler and Granstam also prevailed in singles action at No. 1 and No. 5, respectively. The duo is 9-1 at first doubles on the season.
Barton travels to Due West, S.C., to take on Erskine in a league match Saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m., while Francis Marion hosts Belmont Abbey Friday at 2:00 p.m.
