CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 42 TCNJ women's tennis team served up yet another NCAA first-round victory on Friday, making short work of Manhattanville in a 5-0 sweep at MIT.
 
The Lions extended their remarkable streak of seasons with an NCAA Tournament victory to 17 and booked a date with No. 10 Middlebury – a 5-0 winner over Colby-Sawyer – in Saturday's second round.
 
TCNJ led 2-0 before it even took the court due to Manhattanville only managing to field five players, thus forfeiting third doubles and sixth singles.
 
FOR THE RECORD

• TCNJ improved to 17-2 overall and dropped Manhattanville to 8-5

DOUBLES

• Prisha Priyadarshini and Gabriella Robinson were the benefactors of the Valiants' forfeit at No. 3
• Zoey Albert and Chase Eisenberg quickly dispatched Suzi Doyle and Addison-Mercedes Ortiz, 8-0, at No. 1
• Aira Abalos and Marcella Warner shut out Bea Pretnar and Sara King, 8-0, at No. 2

SINGLES

• Robinson collected the win for the Manhattanville forfeit at No. 6
• Warner double-bageled Mikhalia Grant at No. 5 for the clinching point
• Priyadarshini was up 6-3, 6-0 at No. 4 when the match ended
• Albert won her first set, 6-0, and trailed 1-0 in the second at No. 2, while Eisenberg had just polished off a 6-1 first-set victory
• Abalos trailed Pretnar, 3-2, in the first set at No. 1

NOTES

• TCNJ has won 10 consecutive NCAA openers via 5-0 sweeps; the last time the Lions conceded a point was a 5-3 defeat of SUNY Geneseo in 2013
• Eisenberg notched her 70^th career doubles win
• Elsewhere at the MIT regional, Whitman blanked Endicott, 5-0, and will take on the No. 11 Engineers in Saturday's second round

UP NEXT

• The Lions take their shot at Middlebury, a NESCAC powerhouse that has made six straight Final Four appearances