GAFFNEY, SC- The Belmont Abbey Women's Tennis team opened up Conference Carolinas play with a 9-0 loss to Limestone Saturday afternoon at the Emmie Evans Rector Tennis Center in Gaffney. This was the conference opener for both teams. 

Teagan McNamara had a close match dropping just one break in each set against Manon Janin (6-3, 7-5) while Alex Weber also had a close second set against Hannah Hopkins (6-0, 7-5) in the singles but that wasn't enough to give the Lady Crusaders an edge on the match.

Darian DeFrench and Brylee Seitz fought a strong battle against Kayla Meermans and Hannah Hopkins in doubles however they fell 8-4.

The Crusaders are now 1-1 overall and 0-1 in Conference Carolinas, while Limestone goes to 1-0 overall, and 1-0 in conference play.

The Crusaders return to action on Tuesday, February 9 against Augusta University at the Michael Reidy Tennis Center. Match time is set for 12:00PM.

Limestone 9 vs Belmont Abbey 0

Singles Competition

1. Manon Janin (LIMEW) def. Teagan McNamara (BAC) 6-3, 7-5

2. Alexandra Boulbin (LIMEW) def. Kiersten Cox (BAC) 6-0, 6-2

3. Marian Pinate (LIMEW) def. Lillie Mehan (BAC) 6-0, 6-1

4. Hannah Hopkins (LIMEW) def. Alex Weber (BAC) 6-0, 7-5

5. Gabriela Ooststroom (LIMEW) def. Rachele Subik (BAC) 6-1, 6-2

6. Kayla Meermans (LIMEW) def. Brylee Seitz (BAC) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles Competition

1. Marian Pinate/Alexandra Boulbin (LIMEW) def. Teagan McNamara/Kiersten Cox (BAC) 8-3

2. Manon Janin/Gabriela Ooststroom (LIMEW) def. Rachele Subik/Alex Weber (BAC) 8-1

3. Kayla Meermans/Hannah Hopkins (LIMEW) def. Darian DeFrench/Brylee Seitz (BAC) 8-4