COLUMBIA, S.C.- The Converse Tennis team picked up a 9-0 sweep over Columbia College in non-conference tennis action on Tuesday afternoon.

The Valkyries started off the match with sweeps in doubles action.  Klaire Rouse (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Taylor Littlejohn-Barr (York, S.C.) remained unbeaten in doubles action for the spring picking up the 8-0 doubles victory.  Kaitlin Knight (Sumter, S.C.) and Margaret Pridmore (Wodonga, Austraila) picked up the win in the first flight with an 8-2 advantage.  Alex Schlesener (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and Samantha Sheffield (Birmingham, Ala.) scored the sweep in doubles with the 8-2 victory.

Klaire Rouse continued her winning ways in singles action with a 6-3, 6-2 decision in the fifth slot.  Caroline Bertling (Greer, S.C.) picked up her first collegiate win of the spring with a 6-0, 6-2 victory in the sixth flight.  Kaitlin Knight and Margaret Pridmore lost one game to win 6-1, 6-0 decisions.  Taylor Littlejohn-Barr won her flight 6-2, 6-3 while Alex Schlesener picked up the win in the first flight taking her match 6-1, 7-5.

Converse returns to action Wednesday, February 17 against Johnson C. Smith in Charlotte, N.C.  First serve is at 2pm.

Doubles:

1. Kaitlin Knight/Margaret Pridmore def. Caitlyn Wolf/Mary Curtis Twitty (CC) 8-2

2. Alex Schlesener/Samantha Sheffield def. Sanja Pantelic/Michelle Troup (CC) 8-2

3. Klaire Rouse/Taylor Littlejohn-Barr def. Miranda Brown/Rebekah Ravago (CC) 8-0

Singles:

1. Alex Schlesener def. Wolf (CC) 6-1, 7-5

2. Kaitlin Knight def. Pantelic (CC) 6-1, 6-0

3. Maragret Pridmore def. Troup (CC) 6-1, 6-0

4. Taylor Littlejohn-Barr def. Twitty (CC) 6-2, 6-3

5. Klaire Rouse def. Brown (CC) 6-3, 6-2

6. Caroline Bertling def. Sarah McClendon 6-0, 6-2