SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- The 29th-ranked Rock rolled to 8-1 and 9-0 wins over West Chester and Cheyney, respectively, in a Friday day/night doubleheader on the SRU courts.

The lone West Chester win came in the No. 2 singles match, in which The Rock's Laura Handy defaulted due to illness with her foe holding a 5-2 lead in the first set.

Friday's wins improved The Rock's season record to 3-0..

SRU's  next match will be Tuesday at Allegheny College in Meadville.

Complete results of Friday's matches were as follows:

ROCK 8, WEST CHESTER 1

Doubles
No. 1 -- Kayla Blackburn / Laura Handy (SR) def. Kostaris/Afrassiahiano, 8-2
No. 2 -- Chelsea Gibson / Lara Rizzi (SR) def. Shumock/Grasso, 8-3
No. 3 -- Casey Runyan / Kelly Stenger (SR) def. Dougherty/Chaudoin, 8-0

Singles
No. 1 -- K. Blackburn (SR) def. Kostaris, 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 -- Afrassiahiano (WC) def. Handy, 5-2, inj. default
No. 3 -- Samantha Blackburn (SR) def. Shumock, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 -- Jessica Hilborn (SR) def. Dougherty, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 -- Gibson (SR) def. Grasso, 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 -- Rizzi (SR) def. Chaudoin, 6-1, 6-0

ROCK 9, CHEYNEY 0

Doubles
No. 1 -- K. Blackburn/Hilborn (SR) def. Imani Johnson/Saquatia Knight, 8-0
No. 2 -- Rizzi/Gibson (SR) def. Hanna Wilder/Andrea Thomas, 8-1
No. 3 -- Runyan/Stenger (SR) won by default

Singles
No. 1 -- K. Blackburn (SR) def. Johnson, 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 -- Rizzi (SR) def. Kngiht, 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 -- Runyan (SR) def. Thomas, 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 -- Stenger (sR) def. Wilder, 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 -- Chelsea Barton (SR) def. Vernine Coleman, 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Gibson (SR) won by default

The Rock is now 3-0 in dual matches in the 2008-09 season