Results
 
GREENSBURG, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University women's tennis team earned its fifth consecutive win, and clinched a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament berth in the process, with a 7-0 shutout on the road at Seton Hill University Friday.
 
Due to severe wind throughout the region on Friday, the match was moved indoors to the Greensburg Racquet Club.
 
With the win, SRU improves to 11-5 overall and a perfect 4-0 in the PSAC West while Seton Hill drops to 5-8 overall and 1-3 in league matches. Slippery Rock is now 8-3 against fellow Division II competition this year.
 
The Rock captured the doubles point with convincing victories from the top two flights before sweeping singles play to clinch the shutout, the sixth such of the season for Slippery Rock.
 
SRU's first and second flight pairings of Lois Page / Adriana Gonzalez Sanchez and Teddi Isherwood / Gabriela del Val del Toro posted matching 6-1 victories to clinch the doubles point. Both of The Rock's top two teams have now won five straight matches.
 
In what was the closest contest of the evening, Zoe Heed and Georgie Lancaster outlasted Julianna Begley and Sophia Solomon at No. 3 doubles to pick up a 7-5 victory.
 
Slippery Rock opened the singles portion of Friday's match in fine fashion as Heed and Page tallied a pair of 6-0, 6-0 victories from the sixth and first flights, respectively, against Solomon and Cameron Beer.
 
Nuria Martin Lopez proceeded to clinch the match for The Rock courtesy of a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Begley in the fourth flight. One of the hottest athletes currently in the PSAC, Martin Lopez has now won nine straight contests to improve her record to 15-8 in 2021-22.
 
SRU closed the match with wins from the second, third and fifth flights. Gonzalez Sanchez bested Kasey Storkel 6-1, 6-2. del Val del Toro defeated Kendall McCluskey 6-2, 6-4 while Isherwood was a 6-1, 6-2 winner against Kaitlyn Walch.
 
Isherwood, Martin Lopez, Gonzalez Sanchez and del Val del Toro are all a perfect 4-0 in PSAC West matches this season. Isherwood is also on the cusp of reaching 20 overall wins as the freshman exits the week with a 19-4 mark on the season.
 
Meanwhile, Page's two wins against Seton Hill gives her 117 victories over her career, the seventh most in program history.
 
Slippery Rock is currently scheduled to open the final week of the regular season when it hosts California University (Pa.) 4 p.m. April 19 at the SRU Tennis Courts.
 
The Cal U match will also serve as The Rock's Senior Day. Page, the team's lone senior, will be recognized for her contributions to the program over her career prior to the match.  




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