DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's tennis squad (8-0 overall, 8-0 GLIAC) notched a 5-2 victory over the previously unbeaten Grand Valley State (7-1 overall, 7-1 GLIAC) at home on Saturday.  WSU clinched the No. 1 seed for the GLIAC Tournament next weekend.

DOUBLES RESULTS

Junior Irena van Meer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and freshman Sabrina Laynes (Saginaw, Mich. / Heritage) were first off the courts after sweeping Liv Hanover and Agata Szewczuk, 6-0, at No. 3 doubles.

Juniors Khadija Da-Silva (Burlington, Ont.) and Teodora Radu (Ramnicu Valcea, Romania) clinched the doubles point for WSU at the second flight, with a 6-2 win against Mrija Leko and Taylor Barrett.

At No. 1 doubles, sophomore Laura Cazacu (London, England) and junior Linda Liong (Tanjung Kidurong, Malaysia) came back to notch a 7-6(2) tiebreaker victory over Vera Griva and Marily Canellopoulos.

SINGLES RESULTS

Liong was the first to finish, winning her No. 2 singles match vs. Leko (6-1, 6-2).

Sophomore Carla Jewell (Hobart, Ind.) tallied a win at No. 6 singles against Szewczuk (6-2, 6-0).

At No. 5 singles, Laynes clinched the Green and Gold win vs. Hanover (6-3, 6-0).

Cazacu fell to the undefeated Laker, Griva, at No. 1 singles (6-3, 6-0).

Da-Silva dropped her No. 3 singles match to Barrett (6-3, 6-4).

At No. 4 singles, Radu won in a super tiebreaker versus Canellopoulos (6-2, 4-6, 10-5).

FROM COACH SNYDER

"It was a great win over another undefeated team and we hope to keep up the energy for tomorrow's match and for the GLIAC Championship," commented head coach Sheila Snyder.

UP NEXT

The Warriors will host Ferris State in its final regular-season match.  Play will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20th.