Results
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team ended its spring break trip in fine fashion Saturday morning with a 7-0 shutout against George Fox University at the Beach and Tennis Center in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
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SRU exits is annual trip south with a 5-3 overall record while George Fox drops to 8-5 on the year with the loss.
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Slippery Rock quickly dashed out to a 1-0 lead after sweeping all three doubles matches.
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Gabriela del Val del Toro and
Teddi Isherwood downed Cassey Hitch and Kalli Wiker 6-1 before
Lois Page and
Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez clinched the doubles point courtesy of a 6-3 win versus Ellie Mangan and Olivia Morris.
Zoe Heed and
Georgie Lancaster rounded out The Rock's trio of doubles wins by beating Danielle Brown and Emily McDonald, 6-2.
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Isherwood proceeded to push SRU's edge out to 2-0 as she opened the singles portion of the match with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of Abigail Bond from the fifth flight. The win stretched Isherwood's winning streak to six matches and her overall record in 2021-22 to 12-3.
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del Val del Toro then added another point to The Rock's tally when she picked up her team-leading 13th win of the season by way of a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Morris in third-flight competition.
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Slippery Rock went on to clinch the match thanks to a victory from the first flight where Page beat Mangan (6-3, 6-1). Page ends the weekend with a 12-6 record so far this season.
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The remainder of the match saw Rock victories from Gonzalez Sanchez against Brown in the second flight (6-0, 6-4) and
Nuria Martin Lopez over Brenna Vaderyacht from the fourth flight (6-1, 6-4) with Heed defeating Hitch in the sixth flight (6-2, 6-2) to cap off the day.
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Slippery Rock now turns its attention to its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division opener March 26 on the road against regional rival Indiana University (Pa.).
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