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Women's Tennis Written by Bryan Juinio

#2 Sunbirds Blank Biola 9-0

FRESNO, CA – Ashley's Sherr's 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Marisa Flores at No. 5 singles, completed a singles sweep for No. 2 Fresno Pacific's 9-0 victory over Biola on Saturday afternoon at the Haak Tennis Center.

 

Fresno Pacific (13-1, 11-0 GSAC) has now won 47 straight GSAC matches.

 

Biola drops to 2-9 (1-9 GSAC).

 

Sherr's (Fresno Christian) victory on Saturday avenged a close three set loss to Flores at Biola on February 19th.

 

Saturday's victory over Biola was the Sunbirds' fifth match in eight days, going 5-0 for the week.  Three of the matches were on the road in the cities of Rancho Mirage, Riverside, and Stockton.

 

Fresno Pacific logged nearly 1400 miles, by car, in their three road contests in a five day span.

 

The Sunbirds' next match is on March 25th at No. 7 Concordia (9-3, 7-2 GSAC).  Match time is scheduled for 12:00pm.

 

Box Score:

 

March 21, 2009

 

Haak Tennis Center

 

Fresno, CA

 

No. 2 Fresno Pacific def. Biola 9-0

 

Doubles:

Vanessa Heroux/Katia Sabate (FPU) def. Christine Garner/Brea Roth 8-0

Ornella Gentile/Brittany Salley (FPU) def. Kristen Williams/Marisa Flores 8-2

Elizabeth McFeeters/Ashley Sherr (FPU) def. Danielle Calbeck/Jenny Halton 8-1

 

Fresno Pacific led 2-1 after doubles - Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

 

Singles:

 Katia Sabate (FPU) def. Christine Garner 6-1, 6-0

Ornella Gentile (FPU) def. Brea Roth 6-0, 6-0

Vanessa Heroux (FPU) def. Michelle Johnson 6-0, 6-0

Elizabeth McFeeters (FPU) def. Kristen Williams 6-0, 6-0

Ashley Sherr (FPU) def. Marisa Flores 7-6(2), 6-3

Brittany Salley (FPU) def. Danielle Calbeck 6-0, 6-2

 

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1, 4, 6, 5

 

Records: Fresno Pacific (13-1, 11-0 GSAC)

               Biola (2-9, 1-9 GSAC)
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