TENNIS: Golden Falcons net first win of 2016

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on August 19, 2016 1:48 PM

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WILSON -- Charles B. Aycock seized all three doubles points and cruised past Beddingfield, 7-2, on day two of the inaugural Wilson Cup contested at Barton College.

The tandems of Meredith Jones-Hannah Tyndall, Haley Creech-Grayson Lane and Lexi Reeves-Michaela Boyd each earned a doubles point.

Abby Shackleford, Sophia Gumbish, Lauren Smith and Boyd each prevailed in singles action. Smith claimed a 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7) victory over the Bruins' Savannah Barberio at the No. 5 flight. Three matches were decided by a third-set tiebreaker.

"We played the doubles first and won all three so I moved the lineup down some and took out my first three starters singles so I could see some of my new players in competition," said second-year CBA head coach Gene Stancil.

"They all did really good. It was so evenly matched we could have been there all night."

C.B. Aycock (1-1 overall) returns to action Saturday.