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Jessica Hilborn
Jessica Hilborn won a 6-0, 6-0 decision in the No. 5 singles match

Women's Tennis

Rock closes spring trip with 8-1 win over Kutztown

Senior Jessica Hilborn recorded a "double-bagel" win in the No. 5 singles match for SRU (9-3)

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The 39th-ranked Slippery Rock University women's tennis team closed out its spring-break schedule with an 8-1 win Friday afternoon over NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional rival Kutztown University.

The win was SRU's fifth in six spring-break matches and improved the Green and White's season record to 9-3. Kutztown saw its record drop to 2-4.

SRU is now idle until March March 28, when it will host NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional rival West Virginia Wesleyan in a 1 p.m. match on the SRU outdoor courts.

The Rock reigned in all three doubles matches and five of six singles matches Friday, highlighted by a "double-bagel," 6-0, 6-0 win by senior Jessica Hilborn in the No. 5 singles match and an 8-0 win by the No. 3 doubles team of Sarah Lynch and freshman Janelle Krantz.

Hilborn and No. 2 doubles partner, junior Chelsea Gibson, also won a 9-8 (5) decision.

Results of Friday's match included:

DOUBLES
#1 --
Laura Handy / Dunja Drmac (SR) def. Rohini Das/Radhina Borooah 9-8 (3)
#2 -- Chelsea Gibson / Jessica Hilborn (SR) def. Sabrina Arnaud/Nicole Devine 9-8 (5)
#3 -- Sarah Lynch / Janelle Krantz (SR) def. Rachel Grula/Megan Groh 8-0

SINGLES
#1 --
Handy (SR) def. Das 9-8 (8)
#2 -- Lynch (SR) def. Arnaud 6-3, 6-0
#3 -- Drmac (SR) def. Borooah 6-2, 6-3
#4 -- Devine (K) def. Gibson 6-1, 6-2
#5 -- Hilborn (SR) def. Groh 6-0, 6-0
#6 -- Casey Runyan (SR) def. Tess Wright 6-1, 6-0
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