BRUNSWICK, Ga. – The William Woods University women's tennis team, presented by Fulton Medical Center, came away with two victories over ranked teams. WWU opened the day with a victory over No. 22 College of Coastal Georgia, 5-0. The Owls closed out the day with a 5-1 victory over No. 14 Middle Georgia State University.
 
The Owls return to action tomorrow, Thursday, March 8th when they face Eastern Nazarene College and Methodist University in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
 
Coastal Georgia (WWU 5-0 victory)
The Owls opened its match with the Marines and took all three double points. Ana Zavala and Zlata Shuraeva won 8-1 claiming the first point. Felicia Cesar and Chelsea Steward followed with an 8-2 victory. In no. 3 doubles, Julia Mulder and Abigail Lemberger won 8-2 taking the finals double point.
 
Full results are located below.
 
WWU only needed two more points to clinch the match. Julia Mulder put WWU ahead 4-0 when she took No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-1. Ana Zavala clinched the match for the Owls with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Paige DeLaPerriere in No. 4 singles action.
 
The rest of the singles matches were unfinished.
 
Results
Singles
No. 1 – Jasmine Carswell vs. Zlata Shuraeva, 5-7, 3-5, unfinished
No. 2 – Sonja Wind vs. Julia Perez Wienese, 7-6 (7-5), 0-1, unfinished
No. 3 – Samantha Sepe vs. Karyna Sagalai, 2-6, 4-4, unfinished
No. 4 – Ana Zavala def. Paige DeLaPerriere, 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 – Julia Mulder def. Samantha Lasslett, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 –  Madeline Garner vs. Abigail Lemberger, 3-6, 0-2, unfinished
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Ana Zavala/Zlata Shuraeva def. Jasmine Carswell/Samantha Sepe, 8-1
No. 2 – Felicia Cesar/Chelsea Steward def. Samantha Lasslett/Sonja Wind, 8-2
No. 3 – Julia Mulder/Abigail Lemberger def. Paige DeLaPerriere/Lindsey Lawing, 8-2
 
Middle Georgia State (WWU 5-1 victory)
The Owls closed out its Thursday action with a 5-1 victory over No. 14 Middle Georgia State College.
 
Full results are located below.
 
In doubles action WWU took No. 2 doubles. The team of Zlata Shuraeva and Ana Zavala won 8-0. After dropping No. 1 doubles, the Owls came back and took No. 3 doubles as Chelsea Steward and Felicia Cesar won 8-5.
 
WWU needed three points heading to singles actions and WWU took a 3-1 lead after Chelsea Steward defeated Lara Persianai, 6-2, 7-5, in No. 6 singles. Zlata Shuraeva came away with the fourth point of the day for the Owls. She won No. 1 singles, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 over Preeti Gokhale.
 
William Woods claimed the match when Julia Perez Wienese won No. 2 doubles. She defeated Laura Cocoma, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, clinching the match for the Owls.
 
Results
Singles
No. 1 – Zlata Shuraeva def. Preeti Gokhale, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
No. 2 – Julia Perez Wienese def. Laura Cocoma, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
No. 3 – Karyna Sagalai vs. Andjela Rajovic, 0-6, 6-3, unfinished
No. 4 – Ana Zavala vs. Franziska Nobis, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), unfinished
No. 5 – Felicia Cesar vs. Jacqueline Heer, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), unfinished
No. 6 – Chelsea Steward def. Lara Persiani, 6-2, 7-5
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Preeti Gokhale/Franziska Nobis def. Julia Perez Wienese/Abigail Lemberger, 8-4
No. 2 – Zlata Shuraeva/Ana Zavala def. Laura Cocoma/Lara Persiani, 8-0
No. 3 – Chelsea Steward/Felicia Cesar def. Andjela Rajovic/Jul. Lecce, 8-5