NEWBERRY, S.C. – Continuing their season-long dominance, the Newberry College women's tennis team (12-1, 5-0 South Atlantic Conference) defeated the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears (7-8, 3-3 SAC) by a final score 5-2 Thursday afternoon at the Oakland Tennis Center.

In doubles play, redshirt senior Zulay Castaneda (Panama City, Panama) and senior Nastassia Chamoun (Reunion Island, France), ranked 35th nationally, started off the match with a 6-2 victory on court one. Then freshman Aina Miralles (Barcelona, Catalonia) and junior Rosie Harfield (Lee-on-Solent, England) secured the point by also winning 6-2 on court three. Junior Ish Singh (Gurgaon, India) and freshman Sofia Carenas (Bogotá, Colombia) rounded out the doubles sweep as they won 6-4 on court two.

The Wolves kept the momentum rolling into singles play as Castaneda, ranked 68th nationally in singles competition, defeated Lenoir-Rhyne's Evgeniya Pugina, ranked 33rd nationally, in two sets 6-1, 6-4. Singh then fell on court three 6-7, 2-6, and dropped the tiebreaker 1-7.

Chamoun cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory on court two and the Wolves were one point away from securing the match. Cardenas pushed the Wolves past the finish line when she took both of her sets 6-2. Miralles added one more point for the Wolves as she captured a 6-4, 6-0 victory on court five.

Harfield hell 4-6 on court six before getting closer in the second set but still falling 6-7, and losing the tiebreaker 1-7. But with four Wolves winning in singles play and the sweep of the doubles point, the Wolves took the 5-2 victory over the Bears.

The Wolves have a short turn around as they host Catawba at the Oakland Tennis Center on Saturday, March 25. The match is set to begin at 12:30 P.M.