CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The University of Charleston Women's Tennis team picked up their first win of  2014 Sunday afternoon defeating Bluefield State College 8-1 at the Charleston Tennis Club.

Charleston held a 2-1 lead after three doubles matches before sweeping all six singles matches on their way to the 8-1 win.  Bluefield State grabbed their only win of the day at No. 2 doubles as Laura Hernandez and Ertel Balada knocked off Charleston's tandem of Marieve Edwards and Taylor Todd by a score of 9-7.

Ana Pena started the singles matches off strong for UC, defeating Bluefield's Isabella Cubillos 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.  Jackie Bakos, Taylor Todd, and Mallika Mali all knotched straight set wins at the No. 4, 5 and 6 spots.

Kelsey Hensley and Marieve Edwards fought off their opponents in super tiebreakers to secure the singles sweep and gave the Golden Eagles an 8-1 match win.

Charleston returns to play on Saturday, March 1 at 1PM as they host Centre College.

Match by match

Doubles

No. 1: Hensley/Pena (UC) defeats Cubillos/Mawisire (BSC) 8-2
No. 2: L. Hernandez/Balada (BSC) defeats Edwards/Todd (UC) 9-7
No. 3: Caropino/Pierron (UC) defeats M. Hernandez/Briales 8-5

Singles

No. 1: Ana Pena (UC) defeats Isabella Cubillos (BSC) 6-0, 6-0
No. 2: Kelsey Hensley (UC) defeats Tafadzwa Mawisire (BSC) 3-6, 6-1, 1-0
No. 3: Marieve Edwards (UC) defeats Ertel Balada (BSC) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0
No. 4: Jackie Bakos (UC) defeats Laura Hernandez (BSC) 6-1, 6-1
No. 5: Taylor Todd (UC) defeats Maria Hernandez (BSC) 6-0, 6-4
No. 6: Mallika Mali (UC) defeats Marta Briales (BSC) 6-2, 7-5