CHARLESTON, S.C.  – The College of Charleston women's tennis team made it a clean sweep on the weekends action with wins against Lehigh and Gardner-Webb on Sunday at Patriots Point. The Cougars took down the Mountain Hawks, 4-3, in the first match of the double-header, freshman Lily LaBiche clinching for the first time in her Charleston career before The College raced into an unassailable lead against the Bulldogs, eventually winning 5-2.

With the three wins over the weekend and four over the week, Charleston moves to 7-5 on the season, 6-2 at Patriots Point, heading into a stretch of five home matches in a week before Spring Break.
 
Match One vs. Lehigh
The Mountain Hawks pushed the Cougars to a final match and final set, Charleston clinching a 4-3 win through freshman Lily LaBiche on court two. Charleston and Lehigh splitting singles action 3-3 with the doubles point proving crucial for the Cougars.

All three courts won for Charleston in doubles play, Eva Nyikos and Christi Woodson teaming up for the first time this season on court one in a 6-4 win. Clara Errard and LaBiche won 6-2 on court two, senior pair Sarah Zschunke and Turner Yates claiming a 6-3 win on court three.

Lehigh battled back in singles action. Levelling the match at 1-1 with a straight-sets win on court five, Anastasia Palaska putting the Cougars back on top with a straight-sets 6-2, 6-4, victory on court three.

The Mountain Hawks came right back to lead 3-2 with victories on courts six and four, Christi Woodson pulling Charleston level in flight one with a three-set 6-2, 6-7, 6-3, win over Sibel Can of Lehigh.


LaBiche also went the distance on court two. The freshman from New Orleans, La., dropping the first set before bouncing back with two convincing 6-1, 6-1, sets to clinch the 4-3 win for The College for the first time in her young career.
 
Match Two vs. Gardner-Webb
The Cougars dominated doubles action for the second match running, winning on courts one, two and three to give The College an early 1-0 lead. Woodson and Palaska again teamed up on court one in a 6-2 win, Zschunke and Yates winning by the same score on court three while Errard and LaBiche won 6-3 on court two.

In singles play Woodson raced into a straight-sets win on court one. The senior from Melbourne, Fla., dominating 6-3, 6-1, to move to 7-5 in flight one action on the year and give Charleston a 2-0 lead over the Bulldogs.

The lead quickly became 4-0. Turner Yates continued her fine singles form on court five with an eighth straight victory, this time 6-1, 6-3. Palaska on court four winning 6-3, 6-2, to give Charleston the win with a 4-0 lead as the other matches finished up.

Gardner-Webb showed some life with a victory on court six, Eva Nyikos going to a deep third set on court two in a 6-2, 3-6, 9-7, win to push the lead out to 5-1 and move to 3-0 in flight two action.

The Bulldogs took one more point from Charleston in a third set on court three, The College eventually coming away with a 5-2 win to make it three wins from three matches over the weekend.

Notables
• Charleston swept doubles play against Lehigh and Gardner-Webb
• Christi Woodson rattled off a third straight win on court one.
• Turner Yates picked up her seventh and eighth win in a row on court five.
• Eva Nyikos remains undefeated in flight two (3-0).
• Lily LaBiche clinched for the first time as a Cougar in the 4-3 win against Lehigh.
• Charleston has won four straight and is now 6-2 at Patriots Point this season.
 
Quotable – Head Coach Angelo Anastopoulo
"Real pleased over the weekend, great fan support out here, played some outstanding doubles and very well in spots in order to pull out the W's… We're still looking for that complete match in which everyone plays well in every spot and that's still gonna be a challenge… We're looking that way in doubles, almost check that one off but we'll still work on it, we don't want to slip up there… Singles, we're growing as a team, we're getting better, however we need a complete performance in order to beat some of these upcoming teams… [Richmond, UMASS, Samford] All well-coached, they'll be ready for us so each and every player is gonna have to be at their best."