Clemson Women’s Tennis Lady Tigers Defeat Indiana

Feb. 7, 1998

CLEMSON, SC–Clemson senior Devrin Carr won in both singles and doubles competition Saturday to lead the Lady Tigers to a 5-4 victory over Indiana at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center. The win increased Clemson’s record to 2-0 under new coach Nancy Harris.

Carr, the only senior returning letterman on the team, won at number-five singles over Indiana’s Christy Sharp, 6-3, 6-4, then teamed with Christina Oldock at number-three doubles to defeat Sharp and Jessica Anderson, 9-7.

Clemson also had singles wins from Stefanie Woerz, Catherine Galvin and Kate-Maree Mair. For Galvin, it was her 10th singles win of the season against just five losses.

Indiana’s Correne Stout won at the number-one singles with a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win over Clemson’s Etresia Kruger. That was the only three-set match of the competition.

Clemson, which opened the season last week with a win over College of Charleston, will play host to Georgia next Saturday at 12:00 Noon at the Hoke Sloan Center.

Clemson 5, Indiana 4 Feb. 7, 1998 at Clemson Hoke Sloan Tennis Center

Singles:Correne Stout (IU) d.  Etressia Kruger (CU), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5Stefanie Woerz (CU) d. Megan McCarney (IU) 6-2, 7-6Catherine Galvin (CU) d. Zahra Ahamed (IU) 6-3, 6-3Kate-Maree Mair (CU) d. Jessica Anderson (IU) 7-6, 6-3Devrin Carr (CU) d. Christy Sharp (IU) 6-3, 6-4Kelly Blanch (IU) d. Shir Noy (CU)  6-3, 6-3DoublesStout-Blanch (IU) d. Woerz-Mair (CU)  8-1McCarney-Ahamed (IU) d. Kruger-Galvin (CU)  9-8Carr-Oldock (CU) d. Anderson-Sharp (IU)  9-7