The top-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College women's tennis team earned its first sweep of the 2018 season, defeating Bluefield State College (W.Va.) 9-0 Saturday evening in the Grizzly Invitational.

The Grizzlies (3-0) won 12 of the 14 games during doubles action to take a commanding lead in the match.

Then, sophomores Emerald Able and Maria Prados Cid won all 12 games to score victories on the No. 1 and No. 4 singles courts. Junior Henar Munoz picked up a 6-0, 6-1 triumph at No. 2 singles. Sophomores Margarida Abreu and Chiara Rebecchi rounded out the winners at No. 3 and 5 singles.

GGC has won both of its matches during the Grizzly Invitational, knocking off No. 13 Xavier University of Louisiana 7-2 Friday.

Results

Doubles

No. 1 Emerald Able/Margarida Abreu (GGC) def. Milica Kmjaja/Sophie Bygrave (BSC), 8-1

No. 2 Maria Prados Cid/Henar Munoz (GGC) def. Katie Combs/Milica Knezevic (BSC), 8-1

No. 3 Chiara Rebecchi/Gabrielle Robinson (GGC) won by default

Singles

No. 1 Able (GGC) def. Kmjaja (BSC) 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 Munoz (GGC) def. Knezevic (BSC) 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 Abreu (GGC) def. Bygrave (BSC) 6-0, 6-2

No. 4 Prados Cid (GGC) def. Combbs (BSC) 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 Rebecchi (GGC) def. Browning (BSC) 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 Robinson (GGC) won by default

Up Next

Georgia Gwinnett College concludes the Grizzly Invitational with a match against No. 9 Louisiana State University Alexandria Sunday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. from the GGC Tennis Facility.