Box Score BANNER ELK, NC – Francis Marion University earned the doubles point and captured the top two singles matches to assume a 3-0 advantage, but Lees-McRae College won the final four singles matches to rally for a 4-3 Conference Carolinas women's tennis win, a match that began on Friday night (April 7) and ended at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning.
 
Francis Marion (7-10, 2-5) is scheduled to play at King University on Saturday at 2 p.m. weather permitting.
 
The FMU doubles team of senior Gabriel Karatantcheva and sophomore Kim Venghaus won 6-4 at the No.2 position and junior Julie Martincova and freshman Chelsea Seidewitz clinched the doubles point with a 7-6 (9-7) victory at the top spot.
 
In singles play, Karatantcheva (6-2, 6-1) and Seidewitz (6-3, 6-4) upped the advantage to 3-0 with wins at singles rungs one and two respectively.
 
The Bobcats (7-7, 6-1) took a straight-sets victory at No.3 singles, won in three sets at No.4, and won in a third-set tiebreaker at No.5 to knot the match at 3-3.  Lees-McRae recorded a straight-sets victory at No.6 singles to seal the match win.