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Rock crowns King's, 9-0

The 27th-ranked Rock (7-1) lost only seven games in Monday's match, which opened their spring-break schedule in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The 27th-ranked Slippery Rock University women's tennis team breezed to a 9-0 win Monday morning over King's College of Tennessee in the opening match of SRU's spring-break schedule.

The Rock (7-1) lost only seven games in the nine matches.

Juniors Laura Handy and Jessica Hilborn led The Rock attack as they recorded an 8-0 win in their No. 2 doubles match and then chalked up "double-bagel" 6-0, 6-0 wins in their respective singles matches.

Senior Kayla Blackburn also won an "0-and-0" decision in her No. 1 singles match, while junior Casey Runyan blanked her No. 5 singles foe.

Rounding out the list of winners by shutout were The Rock's No. 3 doubles team of sophomore Samantha Blackburn and senior Lara Rizzi.

Complete results of Monday's match were as follows:

DOUBLES
No. 1 --
Kayla Blackburn/Chelsea Gibson (SR) def. Jillian Tallarico/Diana Darby, 8-1
No. 2 -- Laura Handy/Jessica Hilborn (SR) def. Maria Cometa/Christy Rossowski, 8-0
No. 3 -- Samantha Blackburn/Lara Rizzi (SR) def. Megan Anascavage/Cindy Darby, 8-0

SINGLES
No. 1 --
K. Blackburn (SR) def. Tallarico, 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 -- Handy (SR) def. Rossowski, 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 -- Hilborn (SR) def. Lauren Breen, 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 -- Rizzi (SR) def. Jennifer Bader, 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 -- Casey Runyan (SR) def. D. Darby, 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Kelly Stenger (SR) def. Lindsay Warburton, 6-2, 6-0

The Rock is now 7-1 in dual matches in the 2008-09 season
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