Results
 
GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team snapped its three-match losing streak with a dominant 8-1 victory at local rival Grove City College on Monday.
 
The victory improves The Rock's record to 6-7 overall on the season. Grove City falls to 8-6 on the year with the loss.
 
The only blemish for Slippery Rock on the day was a loss at third doubles where freshman Anna Carpenter and sophomore Stephanie Fortier dropped a tight 9-7 match to Julie Becker and Leah Thomsen.
 
Every doubles match was close between Grove City and Slippery Rock. Nina Barbano and Carla Corrochano Moracho pulled off an 8-4 win against Karolina Lagerrquist and Caroline McGuire in the first flight while SRU's second doubles pairing of junior Courtney Gallagher and Ana Petrovic downed Janine Jones and Madi Haskell, 8-5.
 
SRU quickly added to its 2-1 lead following doubles competition with dominant singles performances.
 
Barbano and Fortier were both 6-0, 6-0 winners at second and fourth singles, respectively. Barbano is now 9-7 on the year in singles play. Petrovic and Gallagher nearly matched their teammates with 6-1, 6-0 triumphs at No. 3 and No. 5 singles.
 
Emily Munson continued  to build The Rock's momentum with a 6-1, 6-2 victory against Becker in the sixth flight while Moracho won her No. 1 singles match after McGuire retired from the contest with the first set tied 4-4.
 
Slippery Rock returns to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference play at Edinboro on April 2. The match is set to start at 3:30 p.m.