SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The No. 28 Slippery Rock University women's tennis team earned a 6-1 Senior Day victory over California (Pa.) Wednesday at the SRU Tennis Courts.
 
Wednesday's regular-season finale triumph improved The Rock's record to 12-3 overall and 5-1 inside the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division, while the Vulcans leave SRU at 12-10 overall and 3-2 in league matches. Slippery Rock's 12-3 record is tied for the sixth-best 15-match start to a season in program history.
 
SRU has now won 10 straight matches against California, including nine shutouts. Slippery Rock is 21-1 in matches played at the SRU Tennis Courts since 2021-22.
 
Slippery Rock – which was positioned second in the latest Atlantic Region rankings and climbed 20 spots to No. 28 in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association national top 50 poll – guaranteed itself of finishing second in the PSAC West regular season standings and earning a home match in the quarterfinal round of the upcoming PSAC Tournament.
 
The Rock will host West Chester - the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Division - April 28 at the SRU Tennis Courts. An official start time for the match will be announced in the coming days. Slippery Rock will be looking to make its fifth consecutive trip to the PSAC Tournament Championship match.
 
For the 14th time in 15 matches this year, Slippery Rock earned the team doubles point as SRU took all three flights in order to set the tone of the day.
 
Alissia Kivi and Nicole Kempton – the No. 41 doubles team in Division II – first captured a 6-3 win over Leandra Guldimann and Sofia Rodriguez for what was their 19th overall win of 2026.
 
The second and third flights both ended in 6-2 Rock wins with Amaia Balaguer Brau and Tina Slovak beating Cal's Diletta Maria Mungo / Garance Laforet as well as Dari Sakhanova and Nadia Rodewald besting Fernanda Sandoval Martinez and Lilli Schreiber.
 
Wednesday's results push Balaguer Brau and Slovak to a five-match winning streak and a 17-4 record. Meanwhile, Sakhanova and Rodewald improve to a stellar 20-2 overall and 12-1 in dual matches.
 
Slippery Rock cruised to the PSAC West victory by grabbing wins in the top five singles flights.
 
Balaguer Brau led off the group via a convincing 6-2, 6-1 victory from the top flight over Guldimann as the two-time PSAC West Athlete of the Year improved her record to 18-7 overall and 11-4 from the top flight.
 
Kivi, who entered the ITA national singles rankings at No. 71 this week, was a 6-4, 6-2 winner in second-flight play against Maria Mungo. Kivi has now posted five straight wins, improving to 21-4 overall.
 
Out of the third flight, Kempton took care of a 6-1, 6-0 win against Laforet which improved her record to 17-6 overall and 10-4 in dual matches.
 
Playing in her last regular season home match, Sakhanova competed out of the fourth flight and defeated Martinez in 6-3, 6-2 fashion. Sakhanova has gone 15-6 as a senior.
 
Rodewald pushed her winning streak to an impeccable 12 consecutive matches by way of a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of Schreiber. The Grand Valley State transfer is now 17-6 in her first year at SRU.
 
The Vulcans avoided the sweep when Rodriguez defeated Anna Poranski in the sixth flight (6-2, 6-4).
 
Prior to Wednesday's match, The Rock honored their 2026 senior class of Balaguer Brau, Sakhanova and Slovak for their contributions to the program over the course of their Slippery Rock careers. All three are ranked in the top 12 for wins in a career at SRU.
 
 



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