Boiling Springs, N.C. - Jenny Lunde, Catherine White, and Rokia Sacko each picked up singles and doubles wins, as Gardner-Webb's women's tennis team got off to a fast start with a 7-0 win over North Carolina A&T in the 2014 Spring opener.

Gardner-Webb (1-0) won all three doubles matches, as well as all six singles matches, during Saturday's win against the Aggies.

After a default win at No. 3 doubles for Sacko and Ronia Hutterli, GWU's No. 1 doubles pairing, Lunde (Oslo, Norway) and freshman Teodora Stanciu (Fót, Hungary), captured an 8-4 decision over the Aggies' Scott/Colbert.

Gardner-Webb also prevailed at No. 2 doubles, earning an 8-2 win from White (Rock Hill, S.C.) and Mary Walker Mixon (Atlanta, Ga.).

The Runnin' Bulldogs also swept singles play. Junior Yasmin Doost (Bray, Maidenhead, England) won 6-3, 6-0 against Kenya Colbert at the No. 1 singles position, and Lunde won at the No. 2 spot. The senior cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jayla Scott.

At No. 3 singles, Ronia Hutterli prevailed in her match against Kim Stalling. Sophomores Valeriia Popko (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Sacko (Montreal, Canada) won at No.'s 4 and 5 singles, respectively, both by 6-0, 6-0 decisions.

GWU won by default at No. 6 singles to round out the scoring.

The Runnin' Bulldogs hit the road for their next match, traveling to take on Erskine (Burrington, N.C.) in a 2:00 p.m. match on Monday, February 3rd.

Results: GWU 7, NCAT 0

Doubles -

No. 1 Lunde/Stanciu (GWU) def. Scott/Colbert (NCAT) 8-4

No. 2 White/Walker Mixon (GWU) def. Stalling/Smith (NCAT) 8-2

No. 3 Sacko/Hutterli (GWU) won by default

Singles -

No. 1 Doost (GWU) def. Colbert (NCAT) 6-3, 6-0

No. 2 Lunde (GWU) def. Scott (NCAT) 6-1, 6-1

No. 3 Hutterli (GWU) def. Stalling (NCAT) 6-2, 3-0, ret.

No. 4 Popko (GWU) def. Smith (NCAT) 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 Sacko (GWU) def. Betts (NCAT) 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 White (GWU) won by default