BUIES CREEK, NC—The Winthrop Lady Eagles' tennis team stretched its Big South Conference record to 5-1 when they traveled to Campbell and came out victorious 5-2 Saturday afternoon.

Winthrop was able to jump out to an early lead when they won the doubles competition.  No. 1 Alice Garcia and Mariana Humberg continued their strong play with an 8-6 victory over Maud Mrad and Tamara Stanic.  The No. 2 combo of Tijana Uzelac and Ekin Gunaysu clinched the doubles point for Winthrop when they defeated Irina Karangozishvili and Ana Maria Ortiz 8-2.  Campbell won the No. 3 doubles slot when Georgina Segarra and Claudia Ortiz won 8-3 over Winthrop's Monica Aguado and Camille Amrani.

The Lady Eagles took the first three singles positions clinching the match.  No. 1 Garcia bested Segarra 6-1, 6-2.  No. 2 Gunaysu beat Stanic 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (5).  No. 3 Humberg topped Karangozishvili 6-3, 6-4.  Campbell took the No. 4 position with No. 4 Uzelac falling to Mrad 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.  No. 5 Aguado won in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 over A. Ortiz.  The afternoon's action was wrapped up with No. 6 Amrani losing to Camila Valencia 6-3, 6-2.

The Lady Eagles, 9-10, will look to continue to stay atop the conference standings when they host Liberty next Friday, April 3 at 11:00 am at the Winthrop Memorial Tennis Courts.