Women's Tennis | 9/16/2010 10:46:11 AM

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Defending NCAA Division II Atlantic Region champion Slippery Rock muscled out a 6-3 victory against the West Liberty women's tennis team here Wednesday afternoon.

The Rock, a perennial eastern tennis power, grabbed a 2-1 lead after the opening doubles matches and swept the bottom three singles matches to complete the win.

The Hilltoppers' Marina Quintana won the match of the day at No. 2 singles. The reigning West Virginia Conference Player of the Year dropped the opening set of her match against Dunja Drmac by a 6-1 score and had to survive a tiebreaker in the second set before pulling out a 10-6 win in the decisive third set.

Emma Windsor rolled to a straight-set win for West Liberty at No. 3 singles while the No. 3 doubles tandem of Kayla Saunders and Moleigh Poling pulled out a 9-7 victory in their match.

The Hilltoppers return to WVIAC play on Sunday when they host Shepherd in an 11 a.m. match at the Edgar Martin Tennis Complex.

WOMEN'S TENNIS

Slippery Rock 6, West Liberty 3

Singles

Sarah Lynch (SR) d. Raissa Wischi 7-5, 6-4

Marina Quintana (WL) d. Dunja Drmac 1-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6

Emma Windsor (WL) d. Elisabeth Yetiskul 6-1, 6-3

Janelle Krantz (SR) d. Ali Prather 6-2, 6-0

Melissa McCutcheon (SR) d. Kayla Saunders 6-4, 6-1

Samantha Bruggeman (SR) d. Moleigh Poling 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

Drmac/Lynch (SR) d. Quintana/Windsor 9-7

Yetiskul/Krantz (SR) d. Wischi/Prather 8-2

Saunders/Poling (WL) d. McCutcheon/Bruggeman 9-7