Orlando, Fla. – The Western Carolina women's tennis team opened its spring break trip the right way, rattling off a 5-2 win over the Fairleigh Dickinson (FDU) Knights in neutral site competition on Monday evening. The Catamounts swept the doubles point, not allowing more than two points to their competition before rolling to four singles victories to clinch the win.  

The WCU pairings of Chloe Schwarz / Jade Groen, Andrea Redondo / Isabella Sambola, and Maddison Schwarz / Angela Perez picked up victories 6-2, 6-2, and 6-1, respectively, as the Catamounts took the early 1-0 lead in the match. The doubles sweep is WCU's fourth of the season and the first since going 3-0 against Presbyterian.  

Jade Groen, Isabella Sambola, and Angela Perez scored straight-set wins against the Knights with Chloe Schwarz battling out her third consecutive three-set win. Groen took a 6-3 win in her first set before pushing for a 7-5 second set win for her ninth solo victory of the year.  

Sambola (6-2, 6-4) and Perez (6-4, 6-4) earned straight-set victories on the courts No. 2 and No. 5. Schwarz rallied after falling 4-6 in her opening set, posting 6-4, and 6-3 wins to close out the night for the Catamounts.

Madison Schwarz and Hokualohi Lui also competed on the singles courts, with Schwarz making only her second solo appearance since the home match with Appalachian State. Lui fell 6-7(7-3), 2-6 on the sixth court, falling for only the fourth time in straight sets this season.  

Up Next for the Catamounts: 

Catamount women's tennis is back in action on March 12 as they take on the Lamar Cardinals at 6:30 p.m., before closing out the spring break play on March 13 when they face the Fairfield Stags at 4 p.m.