Lawrenceville, Georgia – The sixth-ranked SCAD women's tennis team swept the doubles matches en route to an 8-1 win over Cumberland Monday afternoon at the GGC Tennis Courts. With the win the Bees improve to 6-3, while the Bulldogs drop to 4-4. 

Carolina Viteri and Anastasia Castro got the Bees started, winning their first doubles match of the season, with an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles.  Karina Rovira and Daniella Arcila extended SCAD's lead to 2-0 with an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles.  Camille Gbaguidi and Maria Barragan pulled out a 9-7 win at No. 1 singles to give SCAD a 3-0 lead heading into singles play. 

The Bees kept the momentum going in singles play as Arcila, Barragan, Gbaguidi, Rovira, and Viteri all won in straight sets to give SCAD an 8-0 advantage.   Castro won the first set at No. 6 singles, before dropping the second and third set for the 8-1 final. 

Barragan improved to 7-1 in singles play on the season, while Gbaguidi moved to 7-2 at No. 1 singles. 

The Bees return to action Friday, March 27, when they host Bethune-Cookman.  The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at Bacon Park.

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