DeLand, Fla. - The Stetson women's tennis team improved to 8-1 on the season with a convincing 6-1 victory over visiting Eastern Kentucky (7-5) at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center on Monday.  Four Hatters were double winners on the day with only a third-set tiebreaker preventing a clean sweep for the home team.

The Hatters began their morning with doubles wins from the following pairings: Carolina de los Santos (Montevideo, Uruguay)/Unnati Purushotham (Hyderabad, India) on Court 1, MayaBlue Stauffer-MacDowell (Asheville, N.C.)/Sierra Sullivan (Austin, Texas) on Court 2 and Lindsey Cable (Gainesville, Fla.)/Shannon Gunning (Boca Raton, Fla.) on Court 3 to take a 1-0 lead.

As action shifted to singles, de los Santos, Purushotham, Cable and Stauffer-MacDowell polished off their EKU opponents in two sets each, as did sophomore Jen Miller (Tampa, Fla.).  Saioa Oscoz got the only point of the match for the Colonels in a long tiebreaker over Sullivan.

Stetson is back in action tomorrow morning at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center against Ivy League foe Penn starting at 11 a.m.   Live Stats will be available here at GoHatters.com.