March 9, 2010

Howard Continues Win Streak, Remains Perfect With Win Over Towson

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Howard women’s tennis team remained perfect in action and ran its winning streak to four matches with a 7-0 victory over local foe Towson on Tuesday at Banneker Courts.

The Lady Bison started the match by sweeping the doubles positions. Brittney Morgan and Alyssa Works were victorious at the No. 1 slot, 8-2 while Ashley Moore and Michelle Brown downed the Towson duo of Laura Cloonan and Andrea Samlin, 8-2 at the No. 2 spot. Michele Gee and Anne Akhimien were victorious at No. 3 doubles for the sweep.

Brown rolled to her fourth straight win at No. 1 singles with a 6-3, 4-6, (10-6) victory over Andria Carr. Morgan remained undefeated with an easy 6-1, 6-1 win over Cloonan at No. 2 singles and Moore took down Samlin at the No. 3 slot, 6-2, 6-3.

Gee was victorious at No. 4 singles and bumped her singles mark to 4-0 with the 6-1, 6-0 win. Works and Akhimien improved to 3-1 with wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively.

The streaking Bison will look to make it five in a row on Thursday, March 11 against UMBC.