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Women's tennis breaks losing streak; golf, baseball fall
by Chris Zaluski
by Erik Rhyne
Staff Writers
Men’s Golf
The Appalachian State men’s golf team finished fifth in a field of nine during the Draper Valley Invitational.
Winning the tournament was Western Carolina University, followed in second place by Charleston Southern University.
After the first round of golf Monday, the Mountaineers were in second place but shot a team total of 304 in the second round to move back to fifth.
The team leader for ASU was Robert Quick, who ended up placing seventh in the tournament individually.
Also helping Appalachian was Ronald Christopher, who placed ninth.
After the first round Christopher was tied for second place overall.
The Mountaineers will now begin to prepare for the three-day Southern Conference Tournament that starts April 16.
Women’s Golf
Placing sixth out of seven teams, the Appalachian State women’s golf team struggled during the Draper Valley Invitational.
Leading the Mountaineers was senior Jennifer Monko who placed 16 overall.
Not far behind her was Kaitlyn Johnston who finished in 21st place.
Claiming the victory in the tournament was Wofford College who beat out the High Point University Panthers for first place.
Appalachian hopes to make a better showing this weekend as they travel to play in the Bonnie Hoover Invitational.
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Ryan Brookshaw returns a ball during doubles action of Appalachian State’s match against Furman University. Brookshaw dropped his doubles and singles match. ASU fell to Furman overall, 6-1 |
Men’s Tennis
The Appalachian State men’s tennis team fell hard to Furman University 6-1 Tuesday afternoon.
Scoring the only point for Appalachian was Andrew Waters, who won in his singles match over Furman’s Steven Nash.
With the loss, the Mountaineers fall to 7-10 overall with a 3-4 record in the Southern Conference.
ASU returns to action today as they host the Elon University Phoenix this afternoon.
Women’s Tennis
Appalachian State’s women’s tennis team won a close match against the High Point University Panthers Monday evening, 4-3.
ASU’s Salem Kirven, Victoria Moody and Jill Parsons all won their singles matches.
In doubles action, the Mountaineer duos of Lyndsey Free and Kirven and Moody and Parsons both won their matches.
This win helps to break a two game Appalachian losing streak.
They will hope to build on this victory as they host the Elon University Phoenix today at noon.
Baseball
Sometimes there are games teams would like to forget.
The series the ASU baseball team had against the College of Charleston last weekend is a time they would like to disregard.
In the double-header Saturday, the Cougars totaled up 42 hits and 43 runs. ASU suffered losses by scores of 24-4 and 19-3.
Kevin Butler and Jordan Ivey paced ASU with two hits each in the first game.
In the second game of the day, Julian Brown gave an early lead to the Mountaineers with a solo home run. Kevin Butler went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles.
ASU suffered another loss the next day in the final game of the series 7-2.
Travis Hunnicutt and Chris Baker each had RBI singles in the second inning to grab a 2-1 lead. Those two runs were the only ones they could muster.
Hunnicutt, Baker, Kevin Butler and Jimmy Mathias each had two hits to lead the Mountaineers’ offensive attack.
With the three losses, Appalachian falls to 7-22 overall and 3-9 in SoCon action.
Softball
Last weekend did not start off right for the ASU softball team.
Heading off the mountain for a weekend series against Georgia Southern University, the Mountaineers lost both games of a Saturday double-header, 5-2 and 8-0.
Kristyn Hurt was the offense for ASU, driving in two runs on a hit to left field to bring in Mary Lutz and Tiffany Hensley.
The second game was called due to the eight-run rule when Georgia Southern scored the ending run in the bottom of the fifth.
Keri Blackwelder took the loss to fall to 8-5 on the year. She struck out five but allowed eight of the 10 Eagles hits.
The series finale Sunday ended on a good note for Appalachian, with the team winning the game 4-3.
Going into the ninth inning, the scored was tied 2-2 and ASU took the lead off Lindsay Glover’s two-out double to extend the lead 4-2.
The Eagles scored one run on a wild pitch, then the Mountaineers finished off the game.
Glover led the offense for ASU going 4-for-5 with one RBI.
Meredith O’Connor took the win to improve to 3-6 on the season.
With the team’s first win in the SoCon, they now stand with an overall record of 13-23 and 1-8 in the conference.
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