PENSACOLA, Fla. – The No. 7-ranked University of West Florida women's tennis team swept West Alabama 9-0 at home on Tuesday afternoon at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex. West Florida (12-2, 5-0 GSC) improves to 7-0 against south region opponents this season.
 
The No. 10-ranked doubles team of seniors Laure-Eline Faure (Toulouse, France) and Monika Kochanova (Bratislava, Slovakia) won their fifth straight match at number one doubles 8-1 while junior Katarina Dikosavljevic (Queensland, Australia) and sophomore Lisa May (Oviedo, Fla.) won 8-2 at number two doubles.
 
Senior Francesca Fanchin (New York, N.Y.) and junior Heather May Walton (Winter Park, Fla.) won 8-2 at number three doubles.
 
Faure won her 11^th straight match at number one singles 6-0, ret. while junior Sarai Flores (Mexico City, Mexico) won 6-4, 6-0 at number two singles.
 
Walton won 7-5, 7-6 at number three singles while Fanchin won at number four singles 6-3, 6-0.
 
May won 6-4, 7-5 at number five singles while freshman Erica Lilja Eriksson (Kristinehamn, Sweden) earned her first career victory with a 6-1, 6-2 win at number six singles.
 
West Florida will next face Alabama Huntsville on Thursday, March 26 at 1 p.m. CT before facing No. 4 BYU-Hawaii on Friday, March 27 at 12:30 p.m. CT. UWF will then face No. 45 Florida Southern on Saturday, March 28 at 9 a.m. CT before facing West Georgia later that day at Noon. West Florida will wrap up the weekend by facing Delta State on Sunday, March 29 at 9 a.m. CT before facing Christian Brothers later that day at 1 p.m. CT.
 
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