#46 COBRAS GRAB NATIONALLY-RANKED WIN OVER #38 NEWBERRY

Hartsville, SC – Ladies and gentlemen, she does it again! Tied at 3-3, Caroline Myers won in yet another three-setter to clinch the win over #38 Newberry!

By The Numbers

Final Score: #46 Coker 4, #38 Newberry 3
Records: #46 Coker 13-5 (9-3 SAC), #38 Newberry 11-5 (7-3 SAC)
Location: Hartsville, SC | Coker Tennis Courts

Full Results

Doubles:

Jade Bellegy / Emerson Banning: 6-1 win
Tamara Macias / Ilona Hernandez-Sanchez: 1-6 loss
Caroline Myers / Salomé Sierra: 3-6 loss

Singles:

Bellegy: 6-3, 7-6 (1) win
Hernandez-Sanchez: 6-1, 6-2 win
Banning: 6-3, 6-2 win
Sierra: 4-6, 1-6 loss
Macias: 1-6, 2-6 loss
Myers: 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win

How It Happened

The Cobras found themselves on the wrong end of the stick in a doubles point loss to open up play. Bellegy and Banning won on Court 1 in a massive 6-1 outing to put the Cobras up, but Newberry was able to put away courts two and three to take the victory and head up 1-0. There were quick results on a few of the singles courts, with Hernandez-Sanchez and Banning winning in dominant straight sets for Coker to take the lead at 2-1.

With a loss on Court 5, the Cobras took back the lead at 3-2 after Bellegy took the win on Court 1. She fell down 3-0 in the first set but won six games in a row to take the advantage, then won a dominant 7-1 tiebreak at six games all in the second set to claim the victory. After her match, a loss on Court 4 had us all even at 3-3 and, yet again, it was up to Myers to put it away.

Myers had dropped her opening set 4-6 but started off the second well to head up 4-1. Her opponent battled back and tied at five games all, but Myers broke her opponent and held serve to win that set and even it up at a set apiece. She then took control, cruising to a 6-2 victory in set three to win it for herself and her team yet again!

Notable

• This win over the 38th-ranked team in the country is the first-ever nationally-ranked win in Coker Women's Tennis history, getting a win in a crucial time to vie for positioning in the conference tournament
• Bellegy STILL has not dropped a singles match in over a month, with her last defeat coming on March 6th against Wingate (11-0 win streak)

Up Next

With the Cobras' conference slate concluding today, they will have one last regular season opponent when they travel to take on NCAA DI opponent College of Charleston next Monday, April 14th. That match will have a first serve time of 1:30 PM ET.