WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's tennis team blanked Palm Beach Atlantic University on Friday evening by a 9-0 final score at the Rinker Athletic Campus.

The Lions improve to 4-1 on the season while the hosting Sailfish draw even at 3-3 for the 2015 campaign.

Saint Leo carried a 3-0 sweep in doubles play as reigning Sunshine State Conference Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week, Isabella Robbiani teamed up with Maria Benkirane to conquer Veena Vasquez and Valerie Nagovitcina of PBA after a 9-7 set.  Gabrielle Paul and Coralie Pesenti ousted Ana Reich and Michaela Mignemi by an 8-2 score before Paula Montoya and Pauline Helgesson defeated Maja Jovic and Leyla Taracena by an 8-6 margin.

The Lions continued their winning ways into the singles round, as each athlete ended the contest with a victory.  Lions' Montoya defeated Taracena in straight-sets (6-2 and 6-0) to finish first in singles play before Pesenti clinched the win with a 6-4 and 6-0 sweep of Mignemi on the sixth court.

Helgesson was the lone member of the Green and Gold that was forced into a tie-breaker, but the junior took her flight by scores of 4-6, 7-6(10-4) and a 10-8 tie-breaking set.  The remaining Lions swept their opponents to earn Saint Leo its fourth win of the year.

Robbiani defeated Vasquez (6-4 and 6-2) while Paul bested Reich by 6-3 and 6-4 scores. Benkirane took the final matchup by 6-4 and 6-3 set scores to take the clean sweep over the Sailfish.

The women's tennis team returns home to host future SSC foe Embry-Riddle on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.

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