JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- The No. 68 Furman women's tennis team (10-8, 5-0 Southern Conference) defeated the East Tennessee State Bucs (5-6, 2-1 Southern Conference) 7-0 in tennis action this afternoon. The win marks the 25th consecutive conference victory for the Lady Paladins.

At No. 1 singles, Mami Inoue dropped the closest match of the day to Furman's Megan Dunigan 6-3, 6-1 after having a portion of the match moved inside the Memorial Center due to rain. ETSU's fortunes did not improve as Jessica Irey dropped her match against Meredith Moore 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2. At No. 3, Furman's Gene Holman defeated Cara Prupas 6-2, 6-0. Freshman Tatiana Arriaran was defeated by Natalie The, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4, while Emelie Isaksson handily defeated Aimee Villavicencio 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5. The final singles match of the afternoon was a 6-0, 6-1 Krista Thomson victory against ETSU¹s Susan Torbett at No. 6.

Doubles competition saw the team of Inoue and Irey drop an 8-1 decision to Furman's Dunigan and Moore. ETSU's Prupas and Arriaran lost their No. 2 doubles match to Holman and The by an 8-0 count. At No. 3, Villavicencio and Torbett could not overcome Thomson and Shellie Cochran, losing 8-3.

Furman will next travel to Davidson to face the Wildcats tomorrow starting at 1:00 p.m.

Furman 7, ETSU 0
March 30, 2001
Singles Results
1. Megan Dunigan (FU) def. Mami Inoue (ETSU) 6-3,6-1
2. Meredith Moore (FU) def. Jessica Irey (ETSU) 6-0,6-0
3. Gene Holman (FU) def. Cara Prupas (ETSU) 6-2,6-0
4. Natalie The (FU) def. Tatiana Arriaran (ETSU)
5. Emelie Isaksson (FU) def. Aimee Villavicencio (ETSU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Krista Thomson (FU) def. Susan Torbett (ETSU) 6-0,6-1
Doubles Results
1. Dunigan/Moore (FU) def. Inoue/Irey (ETSU) 8-1
2. Holman/The (FU) def. Prupas/Arriaran (ETSU) 8-0
3. Thomson/Shellie Cochran (FU) def. Villavicencio/Torbett (ETSU) 8-3