BOONE, N.C. – The start of the spring season was a rousing success for the College of Charleston women's tennis team, who knocked off the Appalachian State Mountaineers (0-2) by a score of 6-1.

The Cougars started the meeting off by sweeping ASU in doubles play, with Sarah Jane Jones and Sarah Zschunke getting the first win with a 6-2 victory in the third flight. Katherine Schofield and Mara Argyriou followed soon after in the second flight with a 6-3 win, followed by Liza Fieldsend and Rachel McNeely pulling off a hard-fought 7-6 win in flight number one.

In singles play, Argyriou achieved the most dominant victory for CofC, doing away with ASU's Heidi Swope by a score of 6-1, 6-0. Her doubles partner Schofield beat out Melissa Machado as well in the second flight, getting the 6-2, 6-3 win to keep the duo undefeated.

Not to be outdone, Fieldsend and McNeely each scored victories in the first and fourth flights, with scores of 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-4 respectively. Last but not least, senior Brooke McAmis appeared in her first singles action of the year after battling injury in the fall, drawing the  6-0, 7-5 win over Mackenzie LaSure in the third flight.

The Cougars will remain on the road, with a pair of matches scheduled for Monday. They'll take on Wake Forest early in the morning in Winston-Salem, before bolting over to Greensboro, N.C. for an afternoon showdown with NC A&T.

Singles
Liza Fieldsend def. Clare Cox - 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
Katherine Schofield def. Melissa Machado - 6-2, 6-3
Brooke McAmis def. Mackenzie LaSure - 6-0, 7-5
Rachel McNeely def. Gabrielle Wreder - 6-2, 6-4
Mara Argyriou def. Heidi Swope – 6-1, 6-0
Taylor Bygrave def. Diana Colen – 6-1, 7-6
Order of finish – 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6

Doubles
Fieldsend/McNeely def. Swope/Cox – 7-6
Schofield/Argyriou def. Machado/Mullen - 6-3
Jones/Zschunke def. Andre/LaSure - 6-2
Order of finish – 3, 2, 1