CHARLESTON, S.C.  – The College of Charleston women's tennis team closed out an eight-game home stand with a convincing 6-1 victory over Fairfield at Patriots Point on Sunday afternoon. The Cougars have won six of their last eight matchups heading into a Spring Break trip to San Francisco in which they face San Diego State.

The Cougars dominated from first serve, Sarah Zschunke and Turner Yates picking up their 9^th doubles win of the season on court three in a 6-2 win, Christi Woodson and Anastasia Palaska clinching the doubles point with a 6-1 victory on court one.

Eva Nyikos raced to a 6-1, 6-0 win on court two to open singles play, the sophomore moving to 5-3 on the year. Palaska also winning in straight sets on court three in a 6-2, 6-2 victory, Lily LaBiche following on with a 6-1, 6-1, win on court four.

Woodson picked up her 10^th win of the year in the number one spot, the senior winning 6-4, 6-4, over Diana Prinos of Fairfield, the Stags taking a lone point with a victory on court six.

Clara Errard closed the days play with a 6-3, 6-3, win on court five to make the final scoreline 6-1 to Charleston who now look to a Spring Break matchup in San Francisco against San Jose State on Wednesday, the first time the teams will have met and the first time Charleston has made the trip to the west coast of America.

Quotable – Head Coach Angelo Anastopoulo
"The teams getting better… To win six out of eight matches is great and to have the team still standing after that [hell week], they responded well to the challenge... Real pleased leading up to our first west coast trip ever, playing a very talented San Jose State team… The team is learning how to grow in a match, we haven't been able to practice for 10 days, so during conference tournament time it's about making adjustments during matches… That's exactly what we hoped for when we set up this schedule, for them to be able to adapt to styles of play, make adjustments to their games… Real pleased with the progress of the team and looking forward to the challenge of playing road matches."
 
Results
Doubles
Woodson/Palaska (CofC) def. Prinos/Prinos (FAIR), 6-1
Errard/LaBiche (CofC) vs. Nowak/March (FAIR), 3-4, Unfinished
Yates/Zschunke (CofC) def. Lombardi/Komer (FAIR), 6-2
Finish: 1, 3
 
Singles
Woodson (CofC) def. D. Prinos (FAIR), 6-4, 6-4
Nyikos (CofC) def. Nowak (FAIR), 6-1, 6-0
Palaska (CofC) def. March (FAIR), 6-2, 6-2
LaBiche (CofC) def. Komer (FAIR), 6-1, 6-1
Errard (CofC) def. S. Prinos (FAIR), 6-3, 6-3
Lombardi (FAIR) def. Turner (CofC), 6-2, 6-0
Finish: 2, 3, 6, 4, 1, 5