INDIANA, Pa. -- University of Charleston women's tennis earned a massive Atlantic Region win on Saturday morning, picking up a road victory at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 5-2, at Maple Street Courts on the campus up IUP.

Charleston needed to just win one doubles court against the short-handed Crimson Hawks, but made sure of it by sweeping both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles and winning by forfeit at No. 3 to take the doubles point.  With IUP playing with just five players, UC needed to capture only singles courts when they went to head-to-head matches.  Kristine Gegeshidze put the Golden Eagles up 3-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles, putting Charleston one court from clinching.  The Crimson Hawks picked up a point at No. 2 singles but moments later senior Elise Edwards secured the match for Charleston at No. 3 singles, defeating IUP's Dunarova 6-2, 6-3.

UC will square off with their MEC and Kanawha Valley rival, West Virginia State University, on Monday on the Yellow Jacket campus.  First serve between the Atlantic Region's top-two team is set for 3:30 p.m.


DOUBLES
Gegeshidze/Swann (UC) def. Minchenkova/Andreotti 6-4
Edwards/Slusarciuc (UC) def. Newman/Magraner 6-2
Simon/Lopez-Saucedo (UC) def. IUP default

SINGLES
Gegeshidze (UC) def. Minchenkova 6-2, 6-2
Newman (IUP) def. Swann 6-4, 6-1
Edwards (UC) def. Dunarova 6-2, 6-3
Slusarciuc (UC) def. Andreotti 3-6, 7-6, 1-0
Magraner (IUP) def. Simon 6-3, 7-5
Lopez-Saucedo (UC) def. IUP default