East Tennessee State women’s tennis team defeated Eastern Kentucky, Morehead State and Dayton, to go undefeated over the weekend.
The Bucs defeated Morehead State 4-3 Friday after defeating host Eastern Kentucky, 7-0, earlier in the day.
ETSU returned to defeat Dayton Saturday morning, dropping the Flyers, 7-0.
“I am very happy with our progress,” head coach Steve Brooks said. “We are starting to come together as a team.”
In Saturday’s match versus Morehead, the Bucs swept all three doubles matches and posted three singles victories from sophomores Gemma Halim, Jessica Irey and Tatiana Arriaran.
“This was a good win for us,” Brooks said. “It is always difficult to play two good teams back to back.”
Against Dayton, the Bucs swept the Flyers, who were ranked 66th in the country last season. Sylwia Ziolkowska defeated Rebecca Stanchin 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Halim defeated Chrissy Whalen, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 2 singles, while Irey dropped Angie Del Rosso, 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 3 position. Buccaneer junior Courtney McInnis defeated Katie Landrigen, 6-2, 6-1, and Arriaran defeated Dayton’s Julie Green 6-0, 6-2 at the number five spot. Buccaneer sophomore Aimee Villavicencio defeated Megan Flynn, 6-2, 6-0, at number six singles.
In doubles play the tandem of Ziolkowska and Villavicencio defeated Stanchin and McDowell, 8-6, while Halim and Irey defeated Whalen and Del Rosso, 8-2. In the final doubles match of the day McInnis and freshman Jewel Aldea defeated Dayton’s Green and Landrigen, 8-4.
“We played solid today despite playing for 8 1/2 hours yesterday,” said Brooks. “I’m very happy that we were able to beat two teams that beat us last season.”
The Bucs move to 8-4 on the season and return to action Saturday as they host Winthrop at 1:30 p.m. in Memorial Center.

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