SIUE Women's Tennis Defeats William Woods
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE women's tennis cruised to a 6-1 victory over William Woods Friday afternoon at the SIUE Tennis Courts.

That sets up the Cougars to open the Ohio Valley Conference regular season Sunday against Tennessee State. That match takes place in Edwardsville beginning at noon.

"We looked at today as another chance to get an outdoor match in," said SIUE Head Coach Adam Albertsen. "Every one that we get under our belt, I feel like we get more and more comfortable with dealing with outdoor tennis as it is such a different game with weather and wind."

SIUE, now 9-2 this season, captured the doubles point by sweeping all three doubles matches. 

The Cougars dominated play in singles with five straight sets victories. Amelia Gorman, last week's OVC Player of the Week, set the tone early with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles over Samya Sikand.

Cydney Rogers (No. 6), Stefaniya Anikina (No. 5), Jordan Schifano (No. 3) and Margaux Guibal Britt (No. 2) also earned impressive wins to clinch the team victory.