NEWBERRY – The Newberry women's tennis team fell to No. 19 Wingate on Wednesday afternoon at the Oakland Tennis Center.
 
Doubles
The Wolves nearly took the doubles point off of the Bulldogs as Elisa Aguirre and Lucia Davila picked up the win over Wingate's Camila Ciaccia and Sydney Homan, 6-3. Frederike Klein and Marta Gomar dropped their match to Michela Verpelli and Alisa Rudenko as the Wolves turned to Lucy Spice and Amy Griffiths to decide the match. Spice and Griffiths would take Claudia De Andreis and Chyi Lee to the brink as the duo eventually fell in a 7-5 decision to Wingate.
 
Singles
Wingate was able to sweep the singles matches behind strong play from their ace Verpelli who is ranked No. 14 in the country. Verpelli defeated Aguirre 6-3, 6-2 to take the first team point in singles. Spice nearly gave Newberry a win as she took Riann Hsu to a third set, where she ultimately fell 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. With the wins at singles, Wingate now has won 71 straight SAC matchups.
 
RESULTS
 
Wingate 6, Newberry 0
 
Doubles Results
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

1. Michela Verpelli/Alisa Rudenko (Wingate) def. Frederike Klein/Marta Gomar Newberry) 6-3
2. Claudia De Andreis/ Chyi Lee (Wingate) def. Lucy Spice/Amy Griffiths (Newberry) 7-5
3. Elisa Aguirre/Lucia Davila (Newberry) def. Camila Ciaccia/Sydney Homan (Wingate) 6-3

Singles Results
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 6

1. No. 14 Michela Verpelli (Wingate) def. Elisa Aguirre (Newberry) 6-3, 6-2
2. Alisa Rudenko (Wingate) def.  Frederike Klein (Newberry) 6-1, 6-3
3. Riann Hsu (Wingate) def. Lucy Spice (Newberry) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. Chyi Lee (Wingate) def. Amy Griffiths (Newberry) 6-4, 6-0
5. Claudia De Andreis (Wingate) def. Marta Gomar (Newberry) 6-2, 6-1
6. Camila Ciaccia (Wingate) def. Madison Conwell (Newberry) 8-2

 
The Wolves will take spring break off before travelling to Johnson City, Tenn. for a matchup against conference rival Carson-Newman on March 17th.