CHARLESTON, S.C.  – For the second match running, senior Turner Yates proved to be the match winner as the College of Charleston women's tennis team defeated Coastal Carolina, 4-2, on Saturday afternoon to move to 5-5 on the season, 4-2 at Patriots Point.

Yates and fellow senior Sarah Zschunke teamed up in doubles action to open the day, taking down Alexa Tiefel and Alicja Zduniak of Coastal, 6-4. The Chanticleers levelled up on court two in a 6-3 win, Anastasia Palaska and Christi Woodson giving Charleston the doubles point with a tough 6-4 victory on court one.

Woodson gave the Cougars a 2-0 lead with a straight-sets win at the number one spot in singles action. The senior downing Demcenkova of the Chanticleers, 6-4, 6-1, in-front of a season-high 301 fans.

Lily LaBiche got back to winning ways for the Cougars on court four in another straight-sets win. The freshman defeating Jessie Mount, 6-2, 6-3, to push Charleston into a 3-0 lead.

Coastal Carolina battled back with wins on courts two and six, Yates on court five taking the opening set comfortably 6-2, before battling from 5-2 down in the second, winning five straight games to take a 6-2, 7-5 victory and clinch the match for the Cougars. Yates has now won seven matches in a row and is 8-1 on the season in flights four and five.

The Cougars now look to a double-header on Sunday at Patriots Point when they host Lehigh for the first time in program history at 9:30 a.m., a match against Gardner-Webb following in the afternoon.

Notables
• Turner Yates won her seventh match in a row and eighth of the season.
• Christi Woodson picked up her fifth win of the season in flight one.
• Woodson and Anastasia Palaska are 5-3 in flight one doubles action.
• Sarah Zschunke and Yates are also 5-3 in flight three doubles play.
• The Cougars move to 4-2 on the season at Patriots Point.
 
Quotable – Head Coach Angelo Anastopoulo
"If we're gonna put on a show as good as that, we need to start charging for admission… I'm really proud of the team and their efforts today, they gave it everything they have… Proud of Lily LaBiche, she's been working real hard after a spell where she wasn't playing her best but she's come a long way in her last two matches… For Turner [Yates] to come back after being down 5-2 in the second set and win that 7-5, that's a real testament to her heart and desire to see this team have great success... It's great to get a little mini-winning streak going in this stretch of six matches in five days against talented teams… To beat a team like Coastal, hopefully that gives us a little extra confidence."
 
Results
Doubles
Woodson/Palaska (CofC) def. Demcenkova/Dalla-Bona (CCU) 6-4
Mount/Brown (CCU) def. Errard/LaBiche (CofC), 6-3
Zschunke/Yates (CofC) def. Tiefel/Zduniak (CCU), 6-4
 
Singles
Woodson (CofC) def. Demcenkova (CCU), 6-4, 6-1
Nyikos (CofC) vs. Dalla-Bona (CCU), 3-6, 7-6, Unfinished
Brown (CCU) def. Palaska (CofC), 6-3, 7-5
LaBiche (CofC) def. Mount (CCU), 6-2, 6-3
Yates (CofC) def. Tiefel (CCU), 6-2, 7-5
Zduniak (CCU) def. Errard (CofC), 7-6, 6-4