On Sunday, the women’s tennis team, ranked 42nd in the nation, defeated the College of Charleston, 7-0, at the Isenhour Tennis Center. The flawless victory brought the Pack’s season record to 3-1 and marks their third 7-0 shutout of the year. Freshman Joelle Kissell, who is undefeated so far this season, was very excited about her new team’s performance on the day.

“Everybody played so well today,” Kissell said. “Everyone played with a lot of heart and it was good for everyone. I felt really good in all of my matches and was able to stay focused and play my best.”

The Wolfpack opened up the day by clinching all three doubles matches. Senior Sanaa Bhambri and junior Sandyha Nagaraj, who together are ranked No. 7 in the nation in doubles play, wrapped up a nearly watertight victory in the No. 1 spot, winning 8-1. They were followed up by the pairs of Lenka Hojckova/Tatiana Illova and Kissell/Chloe Smith, who won 8-3 and 8-4, respectively. Hojckova’s was pleased with her doubles showing.

“It was pretty good,” Hojckova said. “We started out strong in the doubles. We played very solid teams. It wasn’t easy. Every match we had to fight. We won all three, which is very good. We are really good when we work as a team. It really helps us when we fight for everything together.”

There was no change in tempo heading into the singles matches. Shortly after finishing her doubles match, Bhambri returned to the court. Ranked 32nd in the nation in singles, she made short work of Charleston’s Christin Newman in the No. 1 spot, winning 6-0, 6-1. The rest of the ladies followed suit, winning all of the rest of the singles matches, not one of which went over two sets. Sophomore Chloe Smith made her season debut in singles, winning 6-3, 6-4. Coach Hans Olsen could not have been more proud of his girls.

“I thought they did a lot of good things and really got off to a good start,” Olsen said. “I think that the College of Charleston was a team that can compete. They played for every point through all of the matches. I was pleased to see the way the girls were finishing the points at the net. I thought that was going to be necessary today and we did a good job of that.”

Although the team swept the day, the match-up was definitely a learning experience for the team and its coaches.

“Our team is learning each time we’ve played,” Olsen said. “We took some things from last week and we’ll take some things from today. We’re getting more match tough and more fit and that’s making a difference for the girls in being able to work in the matches longer and not getting tired. Each week we’re getting better. The girls are just a smart group; they take the information and really work at it well and get better at it every other day and are really making good strides.”