Women's Tennis beats 'Canes

Since losing to arch rival Georgia on the last day of February, the women's tennis team has won five of six. Their only loss was a close 4-3 game at No. 13 Clemson.

After that loss, the Jackets have been on a streak. They have not lost more than two points in any match, including matches against four ranked teams.

This past weekend, the Jackets faced probably their toughest test of the season since their indoor championship run.

On Saturday, Tech took on the No. 9 Hurricanes of Miami. The match was headlined by No. 1 Audra Cohen versus No. 7 Kristi Miller.

Unfortunately, Miller was unable to take Cohen and Tech dropped that singles point. The only point Tech lost before the top-10 match up was the doubles point. Miller and Whitney McCray easily beat the duo of Audrey Banada and Romy Farah 8-3.

Amanda Craddock and Alison Silverio were unable to close the point as Audra Cohen and Caren Seenauth edged them 9-7.

Miami clinched the doubles point when Laura Vallverdu and Gina Sabatino beat Rudman and Kirsten Flower 8-4.

Tech did not drop another singles point as they won the other five matches. Before the headline match, Tech's Amanda Craddock beat Romy Farah in a quick 6-3, 6-1 match.

Gina Sabatino dropped another singles match for the Hurricanes when Amanda McDowell beat her 6-2, 6-2. Tarryn Rudman continued the Tech onslaught as she ran by Claudia Wasilewski 6-3, 6-2. That point put Tech up 3-1.

Cristy Striplin clinched match point after that with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Seenauth which made the top-10 match up meaningless.

Alison Silverio also beat her opponent, Audrey Banada, in a touch match.

They split the first two sets, Silverio was able to pull out the win with a 14-12 super tie breaker win for the third set.

The Jackets were probably happy to win that match as quickly as they had because the team had to turn around and play 15th ranked Florida State the next morning.

Tech had a more dominant game against FSU than Miami. The 15th ranked team in the nation had trouble keeping up with the Jackets as they dropped just one point to the Seminoles.

The Jackets' Kristi Miller and Whitney McCray quickly beat Nicola Slates and Carolin Walter, 8-3. Taking the deciding point was Alison Silverio and Amanda Craddock, who defeated Lauren Macfarlane and Ania Rynarzewska (8-5).

For good measure, Tarryn Rudman and Kirsten Flower finished the sweep of the doubles matches with an 8-4 win over Miranda Foley and Jessica Wente. The Jackets also had little trouble in singles.

Christy Striplin gave Tech a 2-0 lead with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Carolin Walter. Craddock pushed Tech to within one point of the win with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Rynarzewska. Kristi Miller fittingly clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Nicola Slater.

As far as the rest of the matches go, Rudman beat Miranda Foley 6-3, 6-1 for Tech's fifth point. Tech's only hiccup came against Lauren McFarlane when she beat Silverio 6-4, 6-4.

Tech's Amanda McDowell cemented the match when she beat Jessica Wente 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7). With the win, Tech moved to 4-1 in the conference with FSU falling to 2-3.

Tech played a non-conference game at the University of South Florida last week. No. 8 Kristi Miller and Whitney McCray beat Shadisha Robinson and Courtney Vernon 8-4.

The Jackets clinched the doubles point when Kirsten Flower and Tarryn Rudman beat Liz Cruz and Iciri Rai 8-5.

They swept the doubles matches when Amanda Craddock and Alison Silverio beat Gabriela Duch and Jessica Sweeting, 8-4.

After the doubles matches, Miller easily beat No. 27 Robinson 6-1, 6-1. Christy Striplin followed suit with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Iciri Rai.

Freshman Amanda McDowell clinched the match for the Jackets with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Liz Cruz.

After Tech had already won the match, Gabriela Duch defeated No. 21 Kirsten Flower 7-5, 7-5.

The Bulls continued to play competitive even with the match was out of their hands; Amanda Craddock beat Jessica Sweeting 7-5, 7-6 (8-6). Courtney Vernon closed out the match with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) victory over Alison Silverio.

Tech looks to continue their torrid win streak as they take on No. 12 North Carolina and No. 15 Duke in Atlanta this weekend at 12 p.m. and 1 p.m respectively.