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The University of Redlands women’s tennis team traveled to Point Loma Nazarene University for a non-conference match on Tuesday. After sweeping the doubles, the Bulldogs prevailed over the #13 NAIA opponents by a score of 6-3.

In doubles, Redlands cruised by the Sea Lions with solid scores at every slot. The #1 team of sophomores Paige Sumida (Hilo, HI) and Whitney Waters (Austin, TX) posted an 8-5 victory while sophomore Rachael Miller (Newport Beach, CA) and freshman Sara Yoshinaga (Honolulu, HI) came out on top by a resounding score of 8-1. To wrap up the sweep, the #3 duo of senior Katie Bell (San Dimas, CA) and junior Tori Damiani (Sacramento, CA) earned an 8-4 win.

The Bulldogs looked to the bottom half of their lineup to secure the victory as they won in straight sets. Waters led the charge with an impressive 6-3, 6-2 showing at the #4 slot as Damiani gained a 7-5, 6-1 victory at #5. Finally, Yoshinaga won at #6 with scores of 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Redlands (12-4, 6-0 SCIAC) looks forward to facing off against rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on Saturday in the final match of the conference round robin. The Bulldogs travel to Claremont for the 9:30 a.m. match against the Athenas.