NEWBERRY, S.C. - The No. 17 Newberry College women's tennis team (17-3, 4-3 SAC) earned a 7-0 victory over the visiting Cavaliers of UVA Wise on Friday.

"I am really pleased with how we came out and took care of business," said head coach Mark Gardiner. 

The Wolves would get off to a hot start in doubles play with Rosie Harfield (Lee-on-Solent, England) and Ish Singh (Gurugram, India) were able to strike first with a 6-2 victory at No. 2 doubles, and the pairing of Amy Griffiths (Liverpool, England) and Rebecca Gibbons (Rock Hill, S.C.) teamed up for a 6-0 win at the No. 3 doubles position to secure the doubles point. However, the No. 1 doubles match would go down to the wire. Zulay Castaneda (Panama City, Panama) and Nastassia Chamoun (Rouen, France) went blow for blow with their opponents, but despite their strong efforts, they would ultimately fall by the slimmest of margins in a tiebreaker.

Newberry was able to hit the ground running in singles play as Griffiths and Harfield were each able to earn 6-1 6-0 victories at the No. 3 and No. 5 singles positions, respectively. Lucy Spice (Maidstone, U.K.) would then clinch the match with a 6-0 6-1 win at No. 4 singles. Castaneda would get off to a slow start by going down by as much as 5-0, but then she sprang to life, winning the next three games to seize the momentum. She would ultimately drop the first set, but the momentum would carry over as she was able to earn a 3-6 6-3 [10-8] come-from-behind victory at the top singles position. Singh and Gibbons would then complete the 7-0 sweep of the Cavaliers with impressive wins of 6-2 6-1 and 6-4 6-0, respectively.

"We have a tough match tomorrow, and we follow it up with another tough one on Tuesday," said Gardiner. "But it could not have gone any better today.

The Wolves return to action on Saturday, April 2 when they travel to take on the Limestone Saints with the first serve scheduled for 1 p.m.