Florence, S.C. - The Newberry College women's tennis team (8-0) won all three of their matches over the weekend on their way to claiming the title of City of Florence College Tennis Invitational Champions after Judit Gonzalez Agud (Barcelona, Spain) clinched her singles match against Lander to solidify the victory on Sunday. 

Francis Marion 

The Wolves opened the tournament on Saturday against the host team, Francis Marion, and they wasted no time setting the tone as all three doubles pairings walked away with victories no closer than 6-2. In singles play, Nastassia Chamoun (Rouen, France) continued this trend of dominance as she quickly won her match at No. 3 singles by a score of 6-1 6-1. Zulay Casteneda (Panama City, Panama) was not far behind as she defeated her opponent at No. 1 singles 6-4 6-1, putting the Wolves one win away from moving on. Ish Singh (Gurugram, India) and Amy Griffiths (Liverpool, England) would then both come away victorious, but Singh would clinch the match officially, securing the 5-0 win over Francis Marion to send Newberry into the second round. 

Lenoir-Rhyne 

In the second round, the Wolves would face South Atlantic Conference foe, Lenoir-Rhyne, who was recently projected to finish fifth in the conference. Doubles play would start out to be more competitive than in the first round matchup, but the duos of Griffiths/Gonzalez and Castaneda/Rosie Harfield (Lee-on-Solent, England) were each able to secure 6-3 wins to claim the crucial doubles point. Singh was able to secure a win at No. 6 singles, but Gonzalez would fall at the No. 2 singles position. Then, after a tough first set that resulted in a tiebreaker, Griffiths was able to steamroll her way to a 6-0 second set that would put the Wolves in the driver seat up 3-1 overall in the match. Chamoun would answer the call by claiming No. 3 singles 6-2 7-6 after only allowing two points in the second-set tiebreaker, setting up a match against Lander with the championship on the line. 

Lander 

The championship match would prove to be competitive out of the gate. After a rare 2-6 loss at No. 1 doubles by Lucy Spice (Maidstone, England) and Chamoun, Gonzalez and Griffiths would claim No. 2 doubles by a score of 6-3. It would all come down to the third doubles position where Castaneda and Harfield found themselves all knotted up at 5-5, but they were able to dig in and secure the 7-5 victory, giving Newberry the doubles point. In singles play, Spice was able to shake off the doubles loss by getting a win at No. 5 singles by a score of 6-0 6-4, and Castaneda was not far behind, claiming No. 1 singles 6-4 6-1. Gonzalez would prove to be the hero as she clinched the match for the Wolves with her 6-1 6-4 victory at No. 2 singles, bringing the trophy back to Newberry. 

The Wolves return to action on Saturday, Feb. 12 when they officially open up SAC play as they host Queens at the Oakland Tennis Center at 2 p.m.