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Furman Downs CofC in SoCon Final, 4-2 - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

4/25/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

#articleRelated { display: none !important; } Top-seeded Furman edged second-seeded College of Charleston 4-2 in the finals of the 2004 Southern Conference Women's Tennis Championships. The Paladins improve to 18-7 as the Cougars fall to 19-8.

Furman began the match by claiming the doubles point in decisive fashion. Mary Neill Hagood and Marti Morris teamed at No. 2 doubles to down Rachel Magory and Lauren Stewart 8-0. The Lady Paladins clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 win by Caroline Bentley and Jacqueline Eckert over Charleston's Gabriela Moreira and Maxine Capewell and No. 2 doubles.

Bentley claimed the first singles point for the Lady Paladins with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Capewell at No. 4,
giving her a 3-0 singles record in the tournament and the Most Outstanding Player award. Morris put Furman up 3-0 with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Andrea Niculescu at No. 5 singles. The Cougars picked up a win when Whitney Malina topped Eckert 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, followed by a 6-4, 6-3 win from Stewart over Furman's Bonnie Baird.

The Lady Paladins had a 3-2 lead with two matches left on the courts when Hagood took control in her third set and defeated Magory 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 to clinch the match 4-2.

With the win, Furman finished a perfect 13-0 against SoCon opponents this season. The Lady Paladins have also earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships, which begins May 14.