HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team recorded a 7-0 shutout of Quincy University Thursday at the Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Resort in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
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The victory, Slippery Rock's fourth in its last five matches, improves The Rock's record to 7-3 on the season overall while Quincy drops to 4-5 with the defeat.
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SRU registered wins in the first two doubles flights to earn the first team point of the day before closing out the win by sweeping all six singles matches.
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Lois Page and
Viola Lugmayr got The Rock started out on a high note with a 6-1 victory over Makaela Hampton and Nicole Lao at the first doubles flight.
Lacey Cohen and
Olivia Warner proceeded to wrap up the doubles point for SRU with a 6-4 triumph against M. C. Garcia and Anna Konczak in the second flight.
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Both of The Rock's top two doubles pairings are 7-3 in dual matches this year with Lugmayr and Page boasting a strong 10-5 overall record as well.
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The lone bright spot for Quincy on Thursday was a narrow 7-6 (2) win at No. 3 doubles by Rita Kanaeva and Abby Moore against
Allie Welch and
Lauren Fadden.
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Slippery Rock's top two singles competitors almost recorded individual shutouts as Cohen bested Kanaeva 6-0, 6-1 in the first flight and Lugmayr downed Hampton 6-0, 6-2.
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Page was a 6-3, 6-1 winner at third singles over Lao while Warner picked up her team-leading 12th win of the season via a 6-0, 6-2 victory in the fourth flight against Garcia.
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SRU concluded the win with Fadden outlasting Konczak in the fifth flight 6-2, 6-7 (2), 10-7 and Welch scoring a 6-3, 6-0 win over Moore in the sixth slot.
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Slippery Rock will look to continue its winning ways when it concludes its time in South Carolina 3:30 p.m. Friday against Nebraska-Kearney at the Evian Tennis Center.
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