EWING, N.J. – The TCNJ women's tennis team picked up a pair of wins on Saturday afternoon, one against an NJAC foe and the other against a team that will join the conference next season.
The Lions kicked off the day with a 7-0 sweep of New Paltz, which is set to join the NJAC in all sports beginning in the fall. TCNJ followed that up with a quick sweep of William Paterson to run its unbeaten mark to 13-0 on the season.
TCNJ 7, New Paltz 0
Zoey Albert and
Shruti Mannan were the most convincing winners in a day of tightly contested doubles play, pulling away from Alex Krol and Justine Stenejko for a 6-2 decision on the top court.
Needing one of the two remaining flights to clinch the doubles point,
Elizabeth Ring and
Gabriella Robinson obliged by edging Angelica Gabriel and Nina Genzone, 6-4, on the number three court.
Eleni Dakos and
Gabrielle Brideau finished off the doubles sweep by holding off Patrycja Filonik and Olivia Kunz in a 6-4 nail-biter at number two.
Despite a couple of tight singles matches, the Lions wrapped things up quickly. Dakos blanked Stanejko 6-0, 6-0 at number one, with Mannan (No. 4) and Robinson (No. 5) posting 6-1, 6-0 victories and Ring logging a 6-2, 6-2 win at number six.
Albert was a 6-2, 7-5 winner over Sladicka at number two before New Paltz (8-6) broke up TCNJ's bid for a sweep with a third-set super breaker victory at number three.
TCNJ 7, William Paterson 0
The Pioneers forfeited number three doubles as well as number five and number six singles, leaving TCNJ little to do to clinch another NJAC sweep.
The Lions dropped a total of one game on the six contested courts. The top two doubles tandems each won 6-0, while Dakos, Albert, Robinson, and Ring were 6-0, 6-0 double-bagel winners on the top four singles courts.
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