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Box Score 2Faced with a quick turnaround the John Carroll University women's tennis team picked up a pair of wins in its tri-match on Saturday.
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John Carroll opened the day sweeping Wittenberg 9-0 and would close the day with an 8-1 OAC win over Capital.
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The Blue Streaks raced out to a 3-0 win in doubles over the Tigers to start the day.
Nicolette Bourlas and
Natalie Bourlas posted an 8-2 win at No. 1.
Molly Traverso and
Ivana Didovic cruised to an 8-0 shutout win at No. 2 doubles. The pair would each post 6-0, 6-0 wins in their respective singles matches playing at the Nos. 3 and 4 positions respective.
Catherine Engel and
Jennifer Stroyne won their doubles match by default as Wittenberg only traveled five players.
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Josie Miller gave JCU three 6-0, 6-0 singles wins.
Nicolette Bourlas (6-1, 6-0), Stroyne (6-4, 6-1) and Gibson (default) rounded out the wins.
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In the second match of the day it was the singles play that sealed the match for JCU.
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John Carroll went 6-0 over Capital in singles matches.
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Three Blue Streaks would only drop one game in the process in Gibson (6-0, 6-1),
Natalie Bourlas (6-1, 6-0) and
Katherine Devine (6-1, 6-0). JCU would pick up wins from
Nicolette Bourlas (6-1, 6-2) Engel (6-0, 6-4) and Stroyne (6-2, 6-4).
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Devine and Gibson (8-1) and the Bourlas sisters (8-3) won at Nos. 3 and 1 doubles.
John Carroll improved to 10-6, 5-1 OAC with the wins.
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The women's tennis team hosts BW at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24.
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