RADFORD, Va. – Winthrop women's tennis (10-3, 4-0 Big South) remains undefeated in league play and posted its first back-to-back sweeps of the season with a 7-0 victory at Radford (6-6, 0-1) Thursday afternoon. The Eagles also earned a 7-0 victory at Longwood Wednesday.
The Eagles won the doubles point for the 11
th time out of their 13 matches this season. As
Lauren Proctor returned to the lineup at court one with partner
Megan Kauffman, the duo improved to an undefeated 11-0.
Winthrop would clinch the match quickly in singles play with courts one, two and three - No. 23
Lauren Proctor,
Alisa Soloveva and
Megan Kauffman, respectively - finishing in order, not dropping a set and allowing no more than three games to any individual opponent.
NOTABLES
-On courts one through three, no Winthrop player allowed her Radford opponent more than three games total in the entire match.
-On courts four and five,
Aida Kelic and
Tayla Van Eck recovered from dropping a set to win a third-set tiebreaker to help complete the sweep.
-Sophomore
Alya Mourad has won five of her last six singles matches with all but one of the victories coming in straight sets.
UP NEXT
The Eagles return home for a non-conference match with VCU this Sat., Mar. 17 at 11 a.m.
FULL RESULTS
Singles
1. #23 PROCTOR, Lauren (WIN) def. DZEUBOU, Drousile (RAD) 6-1, 6-2
2. SOLOVEVA, Alisa (WIN) def. SAYER, Natalie (RAD) 6-2, 6-1
3. KAUFFMAN, Megan (WIN) def. MESZAROS, Lotti (RAD) 6-0, 6-3
4. VAN ECK, Tayla (WIN) def. BLALOCK, Tyler (RAD) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
5. KELIC, Aida (WIN) def. FRASER, Zoe (RAD) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 1-0 (10-4)
6. MOURAD, Alya (WIN) def. ACIERTO, Jeanie (RAD) 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
1. PROCTOR, Lauren/KAUFFMAN, Megan (WIN) def. SAYER, Natalie/BLALOCK, Tyler (RAD) 6-3
2. DZEUBOU, Drousile/MESZAROS, Lotti (RAD) def. SOLOVEVA, Alisa/VAN ECK, Tayla (WIN) 6-3
3. KELIC, Aida/BURNS, Ellie (WIN) def. ACIERTO, Jeanie/FRASER, Zoe (RAD) 6-4
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