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EDINBORO, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team increased its winning streak to three matches with an impressive 6-1 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division victory on the road Saturday at Edinboro University.
 
Slippery Rock exits the weekend with an overall record of 4-4 and a PSAC West mark of 2-1. The Fighting Scots drop to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in league matches with the loss.
 
SRU's No. 3 doubles team of Lauren Fadden and Amy Varckette set the tone for the day early on as the pair opened the match with a solid 6-1 victory over Lauren Chiacchia and Emily Cevera. The win improved the veteran duo's record to 4-3 overall this season.
 
Lois Page and Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez proceeded to seal the doubles point for SRU via a 6-3 triumph against Torye Calleja and Kaede Tada in the first flight. The Rock's top pairing is now 6-2 on the year.
 
Olivia Warner and Lindsey Fadden maintained Slippery Rock's momentum to end the doubles portion of the contest by besting Marina Zottele and Ana Nadai, 6-4.
 
SRU ended the match by taking five straight singles bouts, three of which were decided by shutouts.
 
Gonzalez Sanchez blanked Calleja 6-0, 6-0 in the second flight while Gabi del Val del Toro downed Zottele 6-1, 6-0. Gonzalez Sanchez has now won six consecutive matches to push her record in 2021 to 6-2. Equally as impressive has been the play of del Val del Toro, who is also 6-2 this season thanks to her current four-match winning streak.
 
Warner and Lauren Fadden followed with back-to-back 6-0, 6-0 shutouts from the fourth and fifth flights, respectively, against Nadai and Cevera. Since starting the year 0-2, Warner has battled back to go 3-3 over her last six matches
 
Varckette went on to post a 6-1, 6-0 win against Emily Moczulski from the sixth flight in the final contest of the day.
 
The only thing that kept The Rock from a perfect shutout Saturday was a first flight defeat in which Tada was credited with a victory over Page by retirement early in the singles section of the match.
 
Slippery Rock will look to continue its winning ways when it hosts back-to-back non-conference matches at the SRU Tennis Courts April 8 against Saint Francis University and April 10 versus West Liberty University.



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