Box Score | Philadelphia, Pa. - (10/10/2015) – For the second day in a row the Chestnut Hill College women's tennis team defended their undefeated record, this time collecting a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) win in the process as they toppled the University of the Sciences (USciences), 9-0, in their second league shutout of the season. Not having surrendered a point to the Devils since 2010, the Griffins breezed through doubles play before sweeping individual play in decisive fashion.
USciences (2-7, 0-5) fell behind early as senior
Hayley Craskey (Aston, Pa.) and freshman
Daniela Siqueira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) combined for their first win of the season, taking the third doubles flight by an 8-0 final. With a 1-0 lead in hand, Chestnut Hill College (6-0, 4-0) advanced its advantage when junior
Laure-Anne Josso (Vannes, France) and senior
Axé Owens (Trenton, N.J.) followed sooner after with a matching victory, 8-0, at number two doubles. Senior captain
Iman Williams-Mulesa (Pickering, Ontario) and sophomore
Lara Scholtze (Bod Homburg, Germany) delivered the Griffins' third straight point at number one doubles where they scored an 8-3 win.
Singles play continued the match in the Griffins' favor as Craskey led off a line of six consecutive wins with her 6-0, 6-0, win at number five singles. Scholtze was next at number two singles with a 6-1, 6-1, triumph. The points kept coming at number one singles with a 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) rally from Josso and succeeding Griffin wins at number four (Owens, W, 8-1), number three (Williams-Mulesa, W, 6-0, 6-0), and number six singles (Siqueira, W, 8-0).
Chestnut Hill College heads to the final three matches of their CACC season, first hosting Goldey-Beacom College in a 3:00 p.m. league match on Monday, October 12.