RUSTON – Louisiana Tech swept its third straight opponent on its home courts, defeating LSU-Alexandria by a final score of 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon at the LA Tech Tennis Complex.
 
LA Tech (5-2) started the day by taking all three doubles courts, getting wins of 6-4 (Olga Bienzobas/Alexia Romero), 6-2 (Valentina Vasquez, Ana Rodrigues), and 6-3 (Zoie Epps/Tiffani Nash).
 
The dominance continued in singles as Vasquez, Nash, and Romero each did not surrender a single game, winning 6-0, 6-0 on courts three, five, and six, respectively.  It was Nash that delivered the clincher.
 
Epps provided the fifth point for the Bulldogs, defeating Joline Roesch 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 4 spot.  Rodrigues followed suit from the No. 2 position, besting Annemart Kleijn 6-3, 6-4.
 
The match of the day came on court one between Bienzobas and LSUA's (0-1) Olivia Scattini.  Scattini pulled out the first set in a tiebreaker, but Bienzobas responded with a 6-2 win in set two.  The two then went into a third set tiebreaker where Scattini jumped out to a 7-3 lead before Bienzobas won seven of the next eight points to claim it, 10-8. 
 
NOTABLES

• With the win, LA Tech now leads the all-time series over LSUA, 5-0.
• LA Tech improved to 31-4 at home over the last 3-plus seasons.  The Bulldogs have now won 16 of their last 17 home matches.
• Alexia Romero won her 43rd career dual singles match, tied for the 10th most in program history.
• Olga Bienzobas improved to a team-leading 6-1 in dual singles, having now won five in a row.
• Ana Rodrigues and Alexia Romero improved to 4-1 in dual doubles (4-0 at No. 2 position).
• Tiffani Nash improved to 5-0 all-time playing singles at the No. 5 position.

UP NEXT
LA Tech will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 10 at Houston.  First serve is set for 10 a.m. CT.
 
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