UNIVERSITY CENTER - The SVSU women's tennis teamed swept Lake Superior State, winning all nine matches this Saturday.

Both the #1 (Erin Doud and Ana Pico) and #2 (Izabella Ismailova and Danielle Slonac) doubles teams won their matches by scores of 8-5. The #3 doubles duo of Abigail Shonk and Shea Donahue finished quickly to complete the doubles sweep, only allowing one game to the Lakers and winning, 8-1.

The winning streak carried over to the singles matches where Doud, Shonk and Slonac at all shut out their opponets, posting clean 6-0, 6-0 victories in their singles matches at the #4, #5 and #6 singles matches, respecitvely. Donahue competed at #3 singles and also sewed up her match speedily, posting scores of 6-0, 6-2. 

Ismailova was strong again at #1 singles and finished her match with a 6-3, 6-1 win. Pico kept the Cardinals after a  #2 singles victory 6-2, 6-4. Mikayla Kazdan also competed in a pair of exhibition matches, winning 8-1 in her first match-up and dropping a hard fought 6-4 set against her second opponent.

"We felt confident going into this match," said SVSU head coach Jenn Boehm. "Our focus all weeek in practice has been to improve our doubles and it really showed today. We competed in windy conditions and really stayed focused on the game plan. In singles, we really benefitted from the momentum of our doubles play and just played really smart and disciplined tennis. I am very proud of how we competed and supported one another today. We will need more of the same for tomorrow's match against Michigan Tech."

The Cardinals (2-3, 2-3 GLIAC) host Michigan Tech on Sunday at the SVSU Tennis Complex in another GLIAC contest that begins at 10:00 a.m.