SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Sophomore
Chelsea Gibson scored a "double-bagel (6-0, 6-0) win in the No. 5 singles match Thursday afternoon to lead the 29th-ranked Rock to a 9-0 win over visiting West Liberty State (W. Va.) in the Green and White's first dual match of the season.
Gibson (pictured above) also teamed with senior
Lara Rizzi to ring up an 8-4 win in the No. 3 doubles match.
Rizzi, meanwhile, chalked up a 6-1, 6-1 win in the No. 6 singles match.
The Rock returns to the courts Friday for a pair of home Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference "crossover" matches, 4 p.m. vs. West Chester and 8 p.m. vs. Cheyney.
Complete results of Thursday's match were as follows:
DOUBLES
No. 1 -- Kayla Blackburn /
Laura Handy (SR) def. Marina Quintara/Marissa Fansler, 8-2
No. 2 -- Samantha Blackburn /
Jessica Hilborn (SR) def. Tierra Waldrum/Cassie Smith, 8-2
No. 3 -- Chelsea Gibson /
Lara Rizzi (SR) def. Sahara Birchfield/LaDeana Bohrer, 8-4
SINGLES
No. 1 -- K. Blackburn (SR) def. Quintara, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 -- Handy (SR) def. Fansler, 3-6, 6-4, 10-6
No. 3 -- S. Blackburn (SR) def. Waldrum, 6-2, 7-6 (7-0)
No. 4 -- Hilborn (SR) def. Birchfield, 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 -- Gibson (SR) def. Smith, 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Rizzi (SR) def. Kayla Saunders, 6-1, 6-1