PETERSBURG, VA. – The Elizabeth City State Vikings Tennis team dropped a pair on the opening day of the CIAA Round Up at Virginia State on Thursday afternoon.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Elizabeth City State 1, Johnson C. Smith 4

FINAL | Elizabeth City State 2, Winston-Salem State 5

RECORDS | Elizabeth City State 5-8 (5-6), Johnson C. Smith 5-6 (5-3), Winston-Salem State 4-9 (4-5)

LOCATION | Petersburg, Va. (VSU Tennis Complex)

THE RESULTS

Elizabeth City State 1, Johnson C. Smith 4

Doubles:

No. 1 – Divija Manneni/Airez Gilbert-Simons def. Reichel Freytes/Marley Renner (ECSU) – 6-2

No. 2 – Kyndall Ragins/Sanaa Hewitt def. Nyla Barnes/Karrigan Belangia (ECSU) – 6-0

No. 3 – ECSU won by default

Singles:

No.1 – Manneni def. Reichel Freytes (ECSU) – 8-1

No. 2 – Ragins def. Marley Renner (ECSU) – 8-3

No. 3 – Gilbert-Simons def. Karrigan Belangia (ECSU) – 8-4

No. 4 – Auset Bligen vs Nyla Barnes (ECSU) – 4-1, unfinished

No. 5 – Kennedy Rollins (ECSU) vs Hewitt – unfinished

No. 6 – ECSU won by default

Elizabeth City State 2, Winston-Salem State 5

Doubles:

No. 1 – Semmie Moore/Iyana Nickens def. Reichel Freytes/Marley Renner (ECSU) – 6-3

No. 2 – Kyla Burns/Brooke Higgins def. Nyla Barnes/Karrigan Belangia (ECSU) – 6-2

No. 3 – ECSU won by default

Singles:

No. 1 – Moore def. Reichel Freytes (ECSU) – 8-3

No. 2 – Higgins def. Marley Renner (ECSU) – 9-8

No. 3 – Karrigan Belangia (ECSU) – 8-7

No. 4 – Nickens def. Nyla Barnes (ECSU) – 8-3

No. 5 – Briana Drew def. Kennedy Rollins (ECSU) – 8-1

No. 6 – ECSU won by default

UP NEXT

ECSU Tennis wraps up the CIAA Round Up on Friday against Shaw at 2pm in Petersburg, Va.