ASU Women's Tennis Gets 4th Home Victory


With the team's fourth home victory in as many matches, Appalachian State University Women’s tennis team defeated Southern Conference rival Elon, 4-3, in both teams' conference opener on the mountaineer’s home courts on Tuesday. With the win, Appalachian retains its perfect record on its home courts, while Elon loses its first match against a non-ranked opponent. Doubles action began with Appalachian's top pair, juniors Ellie Linsell and Jennifer Ansari, falling down a break and trailing 2-3, but the Apps broke serve to tie the match, 3-3. Linsell and Ansari broke two more times to take a 7-3 lead and eventually sealed the No. 1 pairs match, 8-5. In singles action, Linsell recovered from a tough first set and forced a tiebreak in the second but was unable to hold off a charging Jordan Johnston, who won the point for the Phoenix, 6-1, tying the match 1-1. In the No. 2 singles match, Appalachian's Ansari protected her own serve for the duration of the match and cruised to a 6-2, 6-4 win. Ansari's efforts put Appalachian back on top, 2-1. The Mountaineers look to continue their success with another home match today, as they will face UNC Asheville in a non-conference match beginning at 1:30 p.m