The Valparaiso University tennis team continued its flawless start to the fall season, dispatching Holy Cross (Ind.) 7-0 in the last of three home fall matches on a pleasant Thursday at the Valpo Tennis Complex. Valpo has not dropped a match, winning all three fall duals by a 7-0 score.

How It Happened

• The Beacons captured all three doubles matches, including a No. 2 doubles victory by freshman Lacey Tanner (Fort Pierce, Fla. / Florida Virtual School) and junior Sydney Stone (Brisbane, Australia / Tyler JC) where they did not drop a game to Holy Cross' Sofia Rocha and Leah Gonzales-Edwards.
• The second doubles match to finish was No. 1, where Moira Silva (Houston, Texas / Houston Tennis Academy) and Naomi Lalonde (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) bettered Nicole Martinez and Jamison Geoffreys 6-3. The No. 3 doubles match also went the way of the Beacons, with Brynn Steven (Wichita, Kan. / Bishop Carroll) and Jolene Fernandes (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) winning 6-3 over Victoria Wavvides and Maren Woelfer.
• Silva sped through her No. 1 singles match, sweeping Savvides 6-2, 6-0 in the first match to finish
• The No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 Singles matches all ended in short order as well. Lalonde bested Geoffreys 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2, while the No. 6 match clinched the team win for the Brown & Gold with Tanner beating Vanderhyde 6-2, 6-0. At No. 4, Fernandes finalized a 6-2, 6-2 win over Gonzales-Edwards to build the lead in the match to 5-0.
• The two longest matches of the day occurred at No. 3 and No. 5. At No. 3 Singles, Stone beat Rocha 6-2 in the first set, but Rocha evened the match with a 6-4 win in Set 2, sending the match to a third-set tiebreak. Stone came through, prevailing 10-5 on the tiebreak to capture the match.
• The last match in action was No. 5, which saw Martin edge Steven 7-6(4) in a tight first set, before Steven rallied to take the competitive match with a 6-4 win in Set 2 and a 10-6 win in the third-set tiebreak, completing the 7-0 victory for the Beacons.

Up Next

Valpo (3-0) will play its first tournament of the fall beginning on Friday, Sept. 27 at the Redbird Invitational, hosted by Illinois State in Normal, Ill.