AVE MARIA, Fla.- The Ave Maria University women's tennis team made quick work of their opposition on Saturday, remaining undefeated in Sun Conference play with a dominant 6-1 victory over the visiting Warner University Royals. The Gyrenes surrender just six total points in the top four singles matches despite two of the AMU's usual top three sitting out. AMU's win moved the Gyrenes to 4-0 in SUN play, with just two matches left in the conference schedule.

AMU's dominance of the match began in doubles play, where Warner managed just five total points across the three matches. Vitoria Barandas and Lara Teodoro rolled to a 6-1 victory at the first flight, while Andrea Rodriguez Oria and Valentine Colin produced a 6-2 victory at the second doubles flight. AMU's third team of Aethielle Kelkboom and Regina Ruiz finished off the sweep, defeating Warner's Carla Schneider and Riley Cook, 6-2.

Ave Maria then quickly clinched the match, claiming five singles victories. Two of those wins - from Rodriguez Oria at the top flight and Ruiz at the third flight - were complete shutouts, with both players winning 6-0, 6-0. The wins at the second and fourth flights were similarly dominant, with Vitoria Barandas winning 6-2, 6-1 at the second flight, and Nicolle Koop picking up a 6-1, 6-2 victory at the fourth flight. 

Two of AMU's younger players stepped up at the bottom of the lineup. Sophomore Abigail Rich earned her first singles win of the spring at the fifth flight, defeating Warner's Carla Schneider by a score of 6-2, 6-4. At the sixth flight, freshman Elizabeth Pince made her dual match debut, taking her match with Lauren Schiraldi to a third set.Pince took the first set, 6-4, before Schiraldi rallied for wins of 6-1 and 10-8 in the final two sets. Schiraldi's win was the only victory for the Royals on the day, and came with the match already clinched.

The Gyrenes will play their final home match of the 2023 season on Monday, when the Sailfish of Palm Beach Atlantic University come to the AMU Tennis Complex. The dual will be a rematch of a meeting in West Palm Beach on February 13, which was won by the Sailfish, 5-2. Opening serve from Ave Maria is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The Monday match will mark AMU's final games before the Easter break, with the final two conference matches scheduled for the following week.