HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University tennis teams hosted Chowan University for a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon as the Lady Pirates took down the Hawks 6-1, while the men dropped a decision to Chowan by the same 6-1 score.

Women: Hampton 6, Chowan 1
In doubles, Hampton won the team point winning two of the three doubles matches. At the top spot, Mariam Mitaishvii and Mikaela Pierce won 8-2 over Polina Novachuk and Victoria Smolchenkova. The third tandem of Daneya Charles and Anastasiia Romanova defeated Roxana Daneshjoo and Anna Makhneva 8-3 to give Hampton a 1-0 team lead.

For singles, Hampton scored a couple three-set wins as the Lady Pirates took five of the six singles matches. Slocombe won at number two singles defeating Cynthia Carrier 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Julia d'Auvergne won a pair of tiebreakers taking her match at number four singles over Jessica DeBackre 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-0 (10-3).

Men: Chowan 6, Hampton 1
During doubles, Chowan won two of the three matches but all three were down to the end. Charles Hudson and Miguel Suarez won at number three over Rafael Goncalves and Louis Proulx 8-4. Chowan took wins by 8-7 (7-3) and 8-6 at the top two doubles lines respectively to earn the team point.

The visitors continued that run through singles taking five of the six singles matches. Hudson stopped that run being bumped up one to number two singles and he scored a tough three-set win 6-2m 5-7m 7-5 over Mateusz Izycki for the lone team point for the Pirates.

Both teams are on the road this weekend for a pair of matches starting Friday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. when they take on Villanova University.

For more information on Hampton University tennis, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5906, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.