Women's Tennis Drops 5-2 Decision In Battle For SoCon Title At Furman

Saturday, April 14

Greenville, S.C.

11:00 AM (CT)

Samford University

Furman

Box Score (PDF)

Grace Jennings picked up the win on the No. 6 singles court for Samford Saturday.

Women's Tennis Drops 5-2 Decision In Battle For SoCon Title At Furman

4.14.18 | Women's Tennis

BOX SCORE (PDF)

SOCON TOURNAMENT BRACKET

GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Samford women's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision in a battle for a share of the Southern Conference regular-season title Saturday afternoon at Furman.

Samford falls to 12-9 overall and 5-2 in Southern Conference play with the loss. Furman earns the league's regular season title and ends its regular season with a record of 17-8 overall and 7-0 in league matches.

The Southern Conference Tournament will take place April 20-22 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Samford has earned the No. 3 seed for the tournament and will take on the sixth-seeded Western Carolina Catamounts in the first round Friday at 2 p.m. (CT). For full tournament pairings click here: SOCON TOURNAMENT BRACKET.

In Saturday's match, Samford won the match at No. 1 doubles where Roos van der Zwaan and Ellie Gerlach defeated Katty Weymouth and Aryn Greene, 6-3. Furman, however, won the matches at No. 2 and No. 3 to earn the first point of the match.

In singles, Furman earned wins at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 to pull out the 5-2 win. At No. 5 singles, Samford's Arianna Beltrame defeated Carol Elizabeth Kerman, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. On the No. 6 singles court, Grace Jennings earned a 7-5, 6-2 win over Gabby Rodriguez.

Furman 5, Samford 2
SINGLES
1. Katarina Kozarov (FUR) def. Roos van der Zwaan (SAM-W) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
2. Katty Weymouth (FUR) def. Holly Horsfall (SAM-W) 6-2, 3-0, retired
3. Aryn Greene (FUR) def. Ellie Gerlach (SAM-W) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
4. Danni Vines (FUR) def. Elsa Pool (SAM-W) 6-1, 6-1
5. Arianna Beltrame (SAM-W) def. Carol Eliz. Kerman (FUR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
6. Grace Jennings (SAM-W) def. Gabby Rodriguez (FUR) 7-5, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Roos van der Zwaan/Ellie Gerlach (SAM-W) def. Katty Weymouth/Aryn Greene (FUR) 6-3
2. Gabby Rodriguez/Carol Eliz. Kerman (FUR) def. Holly Horsfall/Elsa Pool (SAM-W) 7-6
3. Georgie Walker/Danni Vines (FUR) def. Arianna Beltrame/Grace Jennings (SAM-W) 6-4