BOX SCOREPAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. – Despite a pair of wins by
Ekaterina Nekrasova in both singles and doubles the North Carolina Central University women's tennis team suffered a narrow 4-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) loss to Florida A&M University Friday afternoon at the Waccamaw Regional Tennis Center.
Aissa Muamba continued her stellar junior season for the Lady Eagles winning the top singles match – 6-4, 6-1 – and classmate
Mia Ramic picked up NCCU's final point in the sixth position winning a dramatic 6-4, 4-6, 10-7 decision. Muamba boasts an 8-2 singles record.
Nekrasova (6-4) had little trouble in her No. 2 singles bout coasting 6-0, 6-3. She first partnered with senior
Rebecca Wood for an 8-4 doubles win on court one but the Lady Rattlers won the other two contests 8-5 and 8-6 to secure the doubles team point.
Shantal Blackwood doubled FAMU's lead to 2-0 with a win at No. 3 before Muamba and Nekrasova tied the match for the Lady Eagles with their strong play atop the lineup.
The Lady Rattlers were then able to secure the team victory with straight set wins at four and five by Dominique Henry and Arrice Robinson before Ramic (2-7) picked up NCCU's final point.
NCCU will play two more matches in South Carolina to conclude the MEAC Southern Division Round-Up in Florence on Sunday with duel's against Bethune-Cookman University (10 AM) and South Carolina State University (3 PM).
