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No. 6 Women’s Tennis Sweeps No. 15 Olivet Nazarene 9-0

Ana Gonzalez-Hoy clinched the Eagles' win against ONU
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Sixth-ranked Embry-Riddle notched its third shutout of the year after blanking NAIA No. 15 Olivet Nazarene in women's tennis action, Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. Their 3-0 start in doubles play helped the Eagles even their overall record 5-5 on the year and marked their first win outside conference play this season.

Fourth-ranked Kristina Marova and Hui-I Huang got the scoring started with their first dual match shutout of the year, blanking Aziza Butoyi and Seraphine Buchmann 8-0 at No. 1 doubles. Giovanni Tomiotto and Paola Montero followed with an 8-3 win over Ashlan Allison and Tiffany Aguirre at No. 2 and Ana Gonzalez-Hoy and Meena Bennett completed the doubles sweep with an 8-5 decision against Lindsey Peterson and Charisma King.

Bennett was the first to finish her singles match with a quick 6-0, 6-0 defeat of Clara Ruegseffer at No. 6 and Gonzalez-Hoy registered the clincher with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Aguirre on court five.

The match at No. 2 singles saw 17th-ranked Marova record a 6-1, 6-1 win over Buchmann. Montero was the next winner for the Blue and Gold, notching a 6-1, 6-2 win over Allison at No. 3 and Tomiotto closed out her contest against Aguirre at No. 4 with a 6-3, 6-1 win.

For the second straight Eagle match, Huang was the last singles player off the court for the Eagles. After falling behind in 5-4 in the first set, the seventh-ranked Huang fought back to win the set 7-6 (7-3) and downed 14th-ranked Butoyi 6-0 in the second to seal the ERAU shutout.

Next on the Eagles' schedule is Midwestern State. The Eagles will host the Mustangs at the Crotty Tennis Complex at 3:30 p.m. on Monday.
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