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Mary Washington Women's Tennis Tops Penn State Behrend 5-0 in NCAA First Round

Mary Washington Women's Tennis Tops Penn State Behrend 5-0 in NCAA First Round

The #21 Mary Washington women's tennis team knocked off Penn State Behrend 5-0 in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Friday at UMW's Edward Hegmann II Tennis Complex. 

 The Eagles swept all three doubles matches en route to the win. UMW moves to 17-7 on the year.

Lindsay Raulston and Shelby Harris dominated at one doubles against Alexandra Laffey and Chelsea Czerwinski 8-0. Alina Suyama and Alex Ritter picked up an 8-0 win at two doubles, with Ashley Barrow and Mackenzie Smith completed the sweep with an 8-0 win against Colleen Miller and Storm Schaffer at three.

Chrissy Gaul and Mackenzie Smith picked up singles wins to earn the victory for the Eagles. Gaul was a 6-0, 6-0 winner at five singles, with Smith clinching the match at three singles. Smith defeated Malinda Miller 6-0, 6-0. Raulston, Harris, Ritter and Berri Flood were each winning their matches when the match was clinched.

The Eagles will take on Tinity (TX) tomorrow, May 9th at 10:00 a.m.