CHARLESTON, W.Va. – University of Charleston women's tennis remains unbeaten on the 2017-18 season after blowing past visiting West Virginia Wesleyan College, 9-0, Thursday afternoon at the Ivan Bolarsky Tennis Center in Coonskin Park.
 
UC rolled to a 3-0 lead following doubles, sweeping all three courts in easy fashion with the closest match being at No. 2 doubles as Elise Edwards and Silvana Slusarciuc picked up an 8-3 victory.
 
The Golden Eagles kept the momentum rolling into singles play, winning five of the six courts in straight sets with freshman No. 1 Katie Swann blanking Rebekkah Heigermoser, the reigning MEC Player of the Week, 6-0, 6-0.  Alize Uyttenhove battled back from being down a set to scratch out a three-set victory at No. 5 as UC ran their overall record to 5-0 and 4-0 in Mountain East Conference matches.
 
DOUBLES
 
Swann/Gegeshidze (UC) def. Heigermoser/Nunez (WVWC) 8-1
Edwards/Slusarciuc (UC) def. Martinez/Yanes (WVWC) 8-3
Dillon/Uyttenhove (UC) def. Fernandes/Hayashi (WVWC) 8-1
 
SINGLES
 
Katie Swann (UC) def. Heigermose (WVWC) 6-0, 6-0
Kristine Gegeshidze (UC) def. Nunez (WVWC) 6-1, 6-2
Elise Edwards (UC) def. Martinez (WVWC) 6-2, 6-1
Silvana Slusarciuc (UC) def. Yanes (WVWC) 6-3, 6-2
Alize Uyttenhove (UC) def. Fernandes (WVWC) 0-6, 7-6, 1-0
Briahn Guthrie (UC) def. Hayashi (WVWC) 7-6, 6-2