CHARLESTON, S.C. – Winthrop women's tennis (13-7, 9-0 Big South) capped off an undefeated league season with a 6-1 road win over Charleston Southern (8-10, 5-4 Big South) Wednesday afternoon at the Buccaneer Tennis Complex. With the win the Eagles secured the program's 20^th all-time regular season Big South Conference championship outright.

HOW IT HAPPENED 
-The Eagles got off to a strong start, winning the doubles point for the 12^th time this season with victories on courts one and three. No. 56 Megan Kauffman and Lauren Proctor won their fifth-consecutive conference doubles match, defeating Madalina Man and Tiffany Pyritz 6-3. Tayla Van Eck and Ellie Burns clinched the point with a 6-2 win over Yana Morar and Femcke Van Rensburg.
 
-In singles play, Alisa Soloveva continued her steamroll, posting a 6-3, 6-0 win over Filippa Ericson to complete an undefeated Big South season and put the Eagles up 2-0.
 
-No. 51 Proctor downed Man, who had been surging in recent weeks, at the No. 1 position, putting a bow on an undefeated league season with all her wins coming in straight-sets.
 
-Kauffman clinched team victory for the Eagles with a tough win over Michelle Schmitz at the third position. The senior bounced back from down 4-5 to take a 7-6 tiebreaker win in the first set, then didn't look back for a 6-3 second set and match win.
 
-At the fourth position, Rafaela Santos fell behind early and was topped 6-3 in the first set, but roared back for a 5-2 lead and a 6-3 second set win over Morar. With all the momentum, Santos stormed through the third set for a 6-0 win and a 5-0 team lead.
 
-Burns would also find herself pushed to three sets as Kimberley Koerner answered Burns' 6-2 first set with a 6-4 second set win. Burns righted the ship in the third, getting out to a 5-2 lead, then securing a 6-3 win for a 6-0 team score.
 
-CSU got on the board with a win on the final court in action as Pyritz outlasted Van Eck in three sets at No. 5. Van Eck cruised to a 6-2 first set victory and was ahead 4-3 in the second when Pyritz rattled off three games in a row for a 6-4 win. Pyritz maintained control in the third, taking a 6-3 set and the match win.
 
NOTABLES
-Winthrop has won at least a share of the regular season Big South title for four-consecutive seasons (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.) In each of the three previous seasons, Winthrop went on to win the tournament championship.
 
-With last season's 8-0 Big South record, Winthrop has posted back-to-back undefeated conference seasons for the first since 2012-13. Those Eagle squads also went 8-0 (2012) and 9-0 (2013).
 
-Four Eagles ended the regular season undefeated in Big South singles play: Burns (8-0), Proctor (9-0), Santos (9-0) and Soloveva (9-0).
 
-Doubles duos Burns/Van Eck and No. 56 Kauffman/Proctor each finish with 8-1 league records.
 
UP NEXT
Winthrop heads to next week's Big South Conference Championship in Radford, Va. as the No. 1 seed. The Eagles' first match will be on Wed., Apr. 17 at 9 a.m. against the winner of the first round match between the No. 8 and 9 seeds.

FULL RESULTS

Singles
1. #51 PROCTOR, Lauren (WIN) def. MAN, Madalina (CSU-W) 6-2, 6-4
2. SOLOVEVA, Alisa (WIN) def. ERICSON, Filippa (CSU-W) 6-3, 6-0
3. KAUFFMAN, Megan (WIN) def. SCHMITZ, Michelle (CSU-W) 7-6, 6-3
4. SANTOS, Rafaela (WIN) def. MORAR, Yana (CSU-W) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
5. PYRITZ, Tiffany (CSU-W) def. VAN ECK, Tayla (WIN) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
6. BURNS, Ellie (WIN) def. KOERNER, Kimberley (CSU-W) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3

Doubles
1. #56 PROCTOR, Lauren/KAUFFMAN, Megan (WIN) def. MAN, Madalina/PYRITZ, Tiffany (CSU-W) 6-3
2. ERICSON, Filippa/KOERNER, Kimberley (CSU-W) vs. SOLOVEVA, Alisa/SANTOS, Rafaela (WIN) 4-3, unfinished
3. VAN ECK, Tayla/BURNS, Ellie (WIN) def. MORAR, Yana/VAN RENSBURG, Femcke (CSU-W) 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,1,3,4,6,5)