Box Score

THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas –The No. 17-ranked St. Edward's women's tennis team (21-3, 3-0) rolled over Dallas Baptist (13-9, 0-4), 8-1 Friday at the Austin Tennis Academy to record its tenth straight victory over the Patriots.
 
The Hilltoppers started strong with a 3-0 lead after sweeping doubles, highlighted by No. 32 BETH HAYWARD/VALENTINA MARTINEZ win over DBU's #31 Liz Slaughter/Claire Nguyen, 9-7 on the top doubles court. ELISA GUILLEN blanked Ira Vogelmann to open singles (6-0, 6-0) and LAURA GALVAN dominated Bianca Tijerina 6-1, 6-0 to clinch the match for SEU at 5-0. Although the Patriots took singles court No. 6, SEU responded with wins in the final three matches to cruise to an 8-1 victory.


 

HIGHLIGHTS
• St. Edward's is 19-2 all-time vs. Dallas Baptist.
• BETH HAYWARD/VALENTINA MARTINEZ improve to 4-2 vs. nationally-ranked opponents.
• Martinez recorded her 50^th career doubles win.
• LAURA GALVAN and Hayward each logged their 25^th doubles win of the season.
• Both PAOLA CARPIO and MARISSA WILLIAMS are on a five-match winning streak in singles.
• ELISA GUILLEN recorded her 55^th career singles win and her 21^st consecutive singles win.
 
THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Kendall Brooks' thoughts on today's match…
"We had a good day today. DBU is a young team with some solid players and we had to work to get it done. Solid all around performance and hopefully a good prep for tomorrow's matchup."
 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers host No. 7 St. Mary's tomorrow with the Heartland Conference Championship title on the line. Live stats will be provided at GoHilltoppers.com.

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