Box Score NEED TO KNOW:
Score: Piedmont 7, Birmingham-Southern 0
Records: Piedmont, 4-0; BSC, 5-3

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Piedmont women's tennis team continued its winning ways on a rainy afternoon in Birmingham, Alabama Saturday.

With the match forced to move to clay due to the wet conditions, it was no issue for the Lady Lions in the 7-0 shutout victory.

The win marks four consecutive in the series for the Lions over the Panthers with the margin growing in each one.

Piedmont established dominance early in doubles, winning all three lines with relative ease. Then, singles play brought more of the same as the Lady Lions made quick work of the Panthers, with ABBEY GRACE VENHAM delivering the clinching win (6-0, 6-2) at No. 1.

DAKOTA WILKES (6-2, 6-1) and IMANI VINCENT (6-3, 6-2) also picked up straight-set victories at No. 4 and No. 2 singles, respectively.

Reigning CCS Player of the Week MARION SLOYAN also emerged victorious, taking a third-set match tiebreaker 10-5 to keep the shutout alive.

Sloyan's match was the final one completed of the day, as unplayable court conditions forced ALYSSA MCSPADDEN's match to go unfinished as the sophomore was up 7-6 in a third-set match breaker.

Playing No. 6 singles, MIA VASHER had rebounded after dropping the first set, and was leading 4-2 in the second set when the match was called.

Up next, the Lady Lions will not return to the courts until their Orlando Spring Break Trip, when they begin with Baldwin Wallace on Sunday, March 5.

DOUBLES RESULTS:
1. IMANI VINCENT/BRI LAIDMAN (PIEDMONT) def. Isabella Lambert/Phoebe Shapard (BSC) 8-3
2. ABBEY GRACE VENHAM/ALYSSA MCSPADDEN (PIEDMONT) def. Meg Griffin/Anna Marie Bentley (BSC) 8-2
3. MARION SLOYAN/DAKOTA WILKES (PIEDMONT) def. Anna Beth Giles/Anna Cate Weeks (BSC) 8-2

SINGLES RESULTS:
1. ABBEY GRACE VENHAM (PIEDMONT) def. Phoebe Shapard (BSC) 6-0, 6-2
2. IMANI VINCENT (PIEDMONT) def. Isabella Lambert (BSC) 6-3, 6-2
3. MARION SLOYAN (PIEDMONT) def. Anna Marie Bentley (BSC) 6-0, 4-6, 10-5
4. DAKOTA WILKES (PIEDMONT) def. Meg Griffin (BSC) 6-2, 6-1
5. ALYSSA MCSPADDEN (PIEDMONT) vs. Anna Cate Weeks (BSC) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, unfinished
6. MIA VASHER (PIEDMONT) vs. Anna Beth Giles (BSC) 3-6, 4-2, unfinished

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