Women's Tennis | 2/25/2017 7:34:00 PM

Harrogate, Tenn.----The Wingate University Bulldogs pushed their SAC winning streak to 51 Saturday afternoon, rolling to an 8-1 victory at Lincoln Memorial University in South Atlantic Conference women's tennis action. Wingate improves to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the SAC, while the Railsplitters fall to 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

The Bulldogs went 2-1 in doubles play, getting an 8-3 win at number one doubles from sophomores Claudia De Andreis (Milan, Italy) and Sydney Homan (Huntsville, Ala.). Seniors Layla Tanik (Raleigh, N.C.) and Andrea Ternera (Bogota, Colombia) added an 8-5 victory at three doubles to give Wingate the lead heading to singles play.

Freshman Marisa Ostoja (Split, Croatia) gave Wingate a 3-1 lead with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 win at six singles, while Tanik rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win at five singles to make it 4-1. Ternera won the clincher, prevailing 6-3, 6-1 at number two singles. De Andreis won 6-0, 6-3 at one singles, while freshman Elena Pellegrini (Livorno, Italy) won 8-6 at four singles. Junior Oroma Womeodu (Memphis, Tenn.) added an 8-6 victory at number five singles for the Bulldogs.

Wingate is back in action Wednesday, hosting Anderson at 2 p.m.