CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Asbury University women's tennis team won their third straight regular season River States Conference (RSC) title on Friday with a 6-3 win over IU East at the Queen City Racquet Club in Cincinnati.

AU ends the regular season with an overall record of 10-4 and a perfect 7-0 record in league play.

The Eagles will be the No. 1 seed in the RSC Tennis Championship Tournament next weekend in Mason, Ohio.

On Friday, Asbury had their toughest match of the RSC regular season. With wins at No. 2 and 3 doubles from Alexandra Lerma/Giovana Kelm and Allie Sutton/ Luciana Iriarte, AU took a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.

Asbury had a few tough matches in single play, but for the most part, were able to roll to easy wins.

Kelm won at No. 2 singles after winning a close first-set tiebreaker 7-6, 1-0.

Kendall Jablonowski dropped only one game in her match at No. 3 singles to cruise to a 6-0, 6-1 victory.

Lerma and Iriarte both won handily at the four and five positions with straight-set 6-2, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-1 victories.

Results

S1: Thais Mendez def. Alejandra Diaz Mares 6-0, 6-1

S2: Giovana Kelm def. Morgan Jackson 7-6(5), 1-0

S3: Kendall Jablonowski def. Brooklyn Hubbard 6-0, 6-1

S4: Alexandra Lerma def. Krystal Schmidt 6-2, 6-3

S5: Luciana Iriarte def. Bri Ayres 6-2, 6-1

S6: Ashlyn Hubbard def. Allie Sutton 4-6, 6-2, 1-0(10)

D1: Thais Mendez / Shelby Good def. Alejandra Diaz Mares / Kendall Jablonowski 8-5

D2: Alexandra Lerma / Giovana Kelm def. Brooklyn Hubbard / Bri Ayres 8-5

D3: Allie Sutton / Luciana Iriarte def. Ashlyn Hubbard / Krystal Schmidt 8-4