Women's Tennis Edges Oakland in a 4-3 Victory on Sunday

Sunday, March 5

Deland, Fla.

10:00 AM

College of Charleston

Oakland

Women's Tennis Edges Oakland in a 4-3 Victory on Sunday

3/5/2023 7:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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DELAND, FL.—The College of Charleston women's tennis team edged Oakland 4-3 on Sunday morning at the Mandy Stroll Tennis Center in Deland, Florida. With this win, coach Angelo Anastopoulo has the most wins for a coach at the College of Charleston with 561 wins surpassing John Kresse, who had won 560 career wins.

In doubles, Ella Faessler and Nicole Stephens won for Charleston, and McKenzie Daniel and Belle Kuhnert fought hard in doubles where they went into a tie-break against Oakland but not fell short 8-6.

Onto singles play, Stephens and Faessler picked up wins in their matches, but the match came down to three Cougars, Peyton Brotzman, Belle Kuhnert, and Klara Vukicevic. Each of them forced a third set. Kuhnert fought her way to victory with a tie-break in the second set with a 7-5 win and then, won 6-4 in the third set to secure the win. Then, Brotzman after taking the first set (6-2), Oakland came back in the second set in a tie-break (7-3) however, Brotzman edged Oakland with a 6-3 win in the third set and secured the match for the Cougars.

Full Results are Posted Below

Singles

Liza Mladentseva (OU) def. Maja Jekauc (CofC) 6-3, 7-5
Ella Faessler (CofC) def. Jillian Milano (OU) 6-1, 6-2
Nicole Stephens (CofC) def. Yasmin Glazbook (OU) 6-1, 6-1
Peyton Brotzman (CofC) def. Isabelle Popma (OU) 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3
Nirva Patel (OU) def. Klara Vukicevic (CofC) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Belle Kuhnert (CofC) def. Teagan Heaton (OU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4

Doubles

Ella Faessler/Nicole Stephens (CofC) def. Isabelle Popma/Yasmin Glazbrook (OU) 6-3
Jillian Milano/Teagan Heaton (OU) def. Maja Jekauc/Klara Vukicevic (CofC) 6-2
E. Mladentseva/N. Patel (OU) def. Mckenzie Daniel/Belle Kuhnert 7-6 (8-6)

Quote from Coach Anastopoulo: "Oakland took doubles, but the Cougars had a great come-behind victory with a couple of players that are normally not in the lineup. Big shout-out to Belle Kuhnert in her first singles win since coming back from injury and Peyton Brotzman in a clutch singles win."

Up Next: Charleston will come home to face Campbell on Tuesday, March 7 with the first serve slated at 10:00 a.m.