BELMONT, N.C. — The Belmont Abbey women's tennis team took eight of nine total matches as the Crusaders earned a 6-1 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan Thursday afternoon at the Reidy Tennis Center.

The Crusaders took all three doubles matches and won five of the six singles matches to take the victory.

Hanley Riner and Mackenzie McCarthy teamed up in No. 1 doubles to earn a 6-2 win and won at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Elizabeth Vollmin and Paola Socarras both won their separate doubles matches and each followed that with wins in singles play.

With Thursday's result, Belmont Abbey improves to 5-9 on the season while West Virginia Wesleyan is 1-7.

RESULTS
DOUBLES

1. Hanley Riner/Mackenzie McCarthy (BAC) def. Dominique Jansen/Emilie Bergmann (WVWC), 6-2
2. Elizabeth Vollmin/Leilany Sanchez (BAC) def. Gabby Dooling/Sneha Sundaraneedi (WVWC), 6-0
3. Paola Socarras/Daniella Galeano (BAC) def. Angelique Jansen van Vurren/Andrea Martinez Garrido (WVWC), 7-6 (6)

SINGLES

1. Dominique Jansen (WVWC) def. Kaitlin Nguyen (BAC), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
2. Hanley Riner (BAC) def. Sneha Sundaraneedi (WVWC), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
3. Mackenzie McCarthy (BAC) def. Angelique Jansen van Vurren (WVWC), 6-4, 6-4
4. Elona Simonov (BAC) def. Gabby Dooling (WVWC), 6-1, 7-5
5. Paola Socarras (BAC) def. Hailey Banda (WVWC), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
6. Elizabeth Vollmin (BAC) def. Emilie Bergmann (WVWC), 6-1, 6-0

UP NEXT

• Belmont Abbey faces Union Commonwealth (Ky.) at 2 p.m. Friday at the Reidy Tennis Center.
• The Crusaders were also scheduled to face Davis & Elkins College Friday in a doubleheader but those matches have been canceled.