MURFREESBORO, NC – Sophomore Chelsea Seidewitz and freshman Polina Gontaryk contributed a pair of wins each to help Francis Marion University blank short-handed Chowan University 7-0, Tuesday afternoon (Apr. 9) in Conference Carolinas women's tennis action.
 
Francis Marion, now 6-7 overall and 2-3 in conference play, will host a pair of matches this weekend.  FMU will entertain Lees-McRae College for Senior Day on Friday at 1 p.m. on the Kassab Courts, and will host King University (Tenn.) on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
The Patriots took a 1-0 lead by earning the doubles point.  FMU claimed the No.3 match by default and Seidewitz and Gontaryk swept to a 6-0 decision at No.2 doubles.
 
Francis Marion doubled its advantage to 2-0 with a default win at No.6 singles.  Junior Kim Venghaus was victorious at No.5 singles by a 6-0, 6-0 score, before senior Gabriel Karatantcheva registered the match-clinching point with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No.1 singles.
 
The other FMU points came from Seidewitz winning 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) at No.2 singles, Gontaryk winning 6-1, 6-0 at No.4 singles, and graduate student Julie Martincova rallying to win 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6) at No.3 singles.
 
 
Women's Tennis Match Results
4/9/2024 at Murfreesboro, N.C. (Rose Family Tennis Complex)
Francis Marion 7, Chowan 0
Singles competition
1. G. Karatantcheva (FMU_W) def. Manuela Jimenez (CU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Chelsea Seidewitz (FMU_W) def. FeidiAbreu-Rodriguez (CU) 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)
3. Julie Martincova (FMU_W) def. Sreshta Puducheri (CU) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)
4. Polina Gontaryk (FMU_W) def. Selene Kentish (CU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Kim Venghaus (FMU_W) def. Elda Getachew (CU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Sophia Hansen (FMU_W) def. Dakota Long (CU), by default
Doubles competition
1. Manuela Jimenez/Selene Kentish (CU) def. G. Karatantcheva/Kim Venghaus (FMU_W) 7-6 (7-2)
2. Chelsea Seidewitz/Polina Gontaryk (FMU_W) def. FeidiAbreu-Rodriguez/Sreshta Puducheri (CU) 6-0
3. Sophia Hansen/Julia B. F. Pinto (FMU_W) def. Elda Getachew/No player (CU), by default
 
Match Notes:  Francis Marion 6-7 (2-3)
Chowan 1-10 (0-5)
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,5,1,2,4,3)