SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The Belmont Abbey women's tennis team extended its winning streak to four matches thanks to a 6-1 win over Converse Saturday afternoon at the Sally Abney Rose Complex.
 
The Crusaders earned the victory after taking two of three doubles matches to earn the point and followed that with wins in five of six singles matches.
 
Hanley Riner and Mackenzie McCarthy teamed up to win their respective doubles matches and also won in singles play. Leilany Sanchez also won in both doubles and singles for the Abbey.
 
Belmont Abbey is 11-8 overall, 2-0 in Conference Carolinas. Converse is 5-7 overall, 0-2 in the league.
 
RESULTS
Belmont Abbey 6, Converse 1
DOUBLES
1. Hanley Riner/Mackenzie McCarthy (BAC) def. Tonya Glogowski-Watson/Lais Martins (CU, 6-3
2. Khushi Kharb/Natalie White (CU) def. Frankee Hendricks (BAC), 6-3
3. Elizabeth Vollmin/Leilany Sanchez (BAC) def. Sofia Giraldo-Jimenez/Laurel Maynor (CU), 6-4
 
SINGLES
1. Khushi Kharb (CU) def. Frankee Hendricks (BAC), 7-5, 6-1
2. Kaitlin Nguyen (BAC) def. Tonya Glogowski-Watson (CU), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
3. Hanley Riner (BAC) def. Natalie White (CU), 6-0, 6-2
4. Mackenzie McCarthy (BAC) def. Sofia Giraldo-Jimenez (CU), 7-6 (7), 7-5
5. Alexis Burkhalter (BAC) def. Lais Martins (CU), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
6. Leilany Sanchez (BAC) def. Laurel Maynor (CU), 6-1, 6-2
 
UP NEXT

• The Crusaders take an extended break for Easter weekend and return to action with two matches on April 3.
• One group will travel to Emmanuel for a match at 1 p.m. while another group will host Winston-Salem State at 3 p.m. at the Reidy Tennis Center.