ORLANDO, Fla. -- Junior Laura Handy recorded a 6-0, 6-0 win in the No. 2 singles match and teamed with senior Kayla Blackburn to win the No. 1 doubles match by an 8-0 score Wednesday to lead the 27th-ranked Slippery Rock University women's tennis team to an 8-1 win over Martin Methodist  College of Tennessee.

The win was SRU's fourth straight and eighth in nine matches this season.

The No. 2 doubles team of sophomore Samantha Blackburn (Kayla's sister) and junior Jessica Hilborn also recorded an 8-0 win for another Rock highlight.

The Rock will take on 16th-ranked Grand Valley State (Mich.) at 8 a.m. Thursday in the final match of SRU's spring-break trip to the Sunshine State.

Complete results of Wednesday's match vs. Martin Methodist were as follows:

SINGLES
No. 1 -- Kayla Blackburn (SR) def. Anastasia Aleshcheva, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
No. 2 -- Laura Handy (SR) def. Mikaela Long, 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 -- Natalia Takara (MM) def. Jessical Hilborn, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Chelsea Gibson (SR) def. Fidelina Diaz, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 -- Lara Rizzi (SR) def. Jeanna Stanford, 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 -- Casey Runyan (SR) def. Camilla Hovden, 6-2, 7-5

DOUBLES
No. 1 -- K. Blackburn/handy (SR) def. Aleshcheva/Long, 8-0
No. 2 -- S, Blackburn/Hilborn (SR) def. Takara/Hovden, 8-0
No. 3 -- Gibson/Rizzi (SR) def. Diaz/Allison Winters, 8-2