ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – In a match scheduled just earlier this week, Bethune-Cookman Women's Tennis suffered a 7-0 road defeat in the Wildcats first road match of the spring campaign away to Eckerd College on Saturday afternoon at the Fred Bullard Courts on the Eckerd campus.
 
Eckerd (2-0) claimed the doubles point with Bethune-Cookman claiming its first doubles position victory of the season at the No. 2 spot.
 
The homestanding Tritons won at the No. 1 doubles position 6-0, while Bethune-Cookman (0-5) took the No. 2 position courtesy a 7-5 decision on the strength of the Wildcats' duo of Jalayah Shaw and Allexii Bassette over Eckerd's Olivia Lindestaf and Lara Machado. Eckerd claimed the doubles point at the No. 3 spot with a 6-1 win as Maya Soligo and Maialen Idiakez defeated BCU's team of Loncey Elie and Courdeja Clark.
 
BCU's Bassette fought strong at the No. 4 singles spot before falling to Eckerd's Soligo on scores of 6-4, 7-5.
 
Jalayah Shaw took four games in her opening set before suffering a 6-4 setback in the opener to Olivia Lindestaf at No. 2 singles. Shaw fell in the second set 6-0, respectfully.
 
The Tritons eventually captured match point at the No. 1 singles spot as Janet Imbo Nloga participated in top-flight action for the first time this season, falling in straight sets to Eckerd's Ericka Chavarria on scores of 6-0, 6-3 in a tightly contested second set affair.
 
At No. 5 singles, BCU's Loncey Elie fell in a hard match 6-2, 6-1 to the Triton's Idiakez.
 
Bethune-Cookman is back in action Thursday, Feb. 15, taking on Alabama State in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opener for both teams in a match taking place on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The match is slated to begin at 3 p.m. EST.
 
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COMPLETE RESULTS
Singles Competition
1. Ericka Chavarria (ECK) def. Janet Imbo Nloga (BCUW) 6-0, 6-3
2. Olivia Lindestaf (ECK) def. Jalayah Shaw (BCUW) 6-4, 6-0
3. Kylie Misdorp (ECK) def. Tuhina Sambhus (BCUW) 6-0, 6-1
4. Maya Soligo (ECK) def. Allexii Bassette (BCUW) 6-4, 7-5
5. Maialen Idiakez (ECK) def. Loncey Elie (BCUW) 6-2, 6-1
6. Morgan O'Connor (ECK) def. Courdeja Clark (BCUW) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles Competition
1. Ericka Chavarria/Kylie Misdorp (ECK) def. Janet Imbo Nloga/Tuhina Sambhus (BCUW) 6-0
2. Jalayah Shaw/Allexii Bassette (BCUW) def. Olivia Lindestaf/Lara Machado (ECK) 7-5
3. Maya Soligo/Maialen Idiakez (ECK) def. Loncey Elie/Courdeja Clark (BCUW) 6-1