COCOA BEACH, Fla. – University of Southern Indiana Women's Tennis (5-2, 0-1 GLVC) came away with a 7-0 sweep against Warner University (0-4) at the Cocoa Beach Racquet Club Friday afternoon. The Screaming Eagles have now won a season-best three straight matches.
DOUBLES: USI dominated the doubles competition winning all three matches. Junior
Chloe McIsaac (Fairview Heights, Illinois)/freshman
Madison Windham (Clarksville, Tennessee) duo scored the first win for the Eagles in the second doubles slot (6-4) right before freshman
Abby Myers (Evansville, Indiana)/senior
Kylie Skepnek (Algonquin, Illinois) combination tallied an impressive 6-0 victory to claim USI's first point of the match. Sophomore partners
Lauren Rowe (Terre Haute, Indiana/
Rachel McCorkle (Tulsa, Oklahoma) completed the doubles sweep against the Royals with their 6-1 win.
SINGLES: All six Eagles defeated their opponents in the singles competition. Myers started off strong for USI in the three-hole winning in a tiebreaker (5-7, 6-0, 1-0) before McIsaac ended with a 6-3, 6-0 victory to claim two more points for the Eagles. Skepnek won her respective match in the six spot (6-1, 6-1) while McCorkle sealed the 6-2, 6-4 victory. Windham claimed win number six for USI (6-2, 6-2) as Rowe sealed Warner's fate with a 6-1, 7-5 victory to finish the match sweep.
COMING UP FOR THE EAGLES:
The Eagles will have one more Sunshine State match against Eastern Florida State College before coming back home for a matchup with future Ohio Valley Conference rival, Eastern Illinois University. USI will face Eastern Florida in an exhibition setting Sunday at 9 a.m. in Melbourne, Florida. This will be the first meeting between the two clubs.
The Eagles will then host Eastern Illinois on Friday March 18 at the USI Tennis Courts with a 3 p.m. start time. USI is 0-2 against the Panthers with the last match being in September 2013. This will be the Eagles second division one opponent this season.
