QUINCY, Ill. (Apr. 10, 2009) -- The Bellarmine University men's and women's tennis teams continued their strong play on the road as both squads rang up 5-0 victories against Quincy University.

Weather played a factor in both competitions as inclement conditions forced the teams to move indoors. After Bellarmine gained the five points necessary to secure the win for both the men and women, play was stopped and BU declared the winner.

The women's doubles teams all played strong to open the competition. Rebecca Porter and Emily Roebker downed Anele Novak and Lauren Harvey by a score of 8-4. Sarah Roebker paired with Elizabeth Bohnert to top Pam Ganer and Leslie Ganer by a mark of 8-2. Keyly Knetchel and Lauren Cotton wrapped up the doubles competition with a 8-4 win over Michelle Mertelsman and Megan Marsot.

At number one singles, Porter found herself trailing 2-5 before turning things around and reeling off 11 straight games for a 7-5, 6-0 win over Novak. Sarah Roebker defeated Sarah Harvey at number two singles by a score of 6-1, 6-0. Bohnert was leading Bertelsman 6-1, 1-0 when the match was stopped and the Knights awarded the victory.

With the win, Bellarmine's women's team boast a record of 11-4 (6-2 GLVC) while Quincy stands at 5-14 (0-4 GLVC).

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The men of Bellarmine also hit the court playing hard and aiming for another win on the road.

The Knights swept the doubles matches beginning with Nick Janssen-Bernard and Nate Matthews' 8-2 defeat of Brian Silverstein and Baxter Grace. Paul Clark teamed with Tyler Worley to turn back Rodrigo Marroquin and Alonso Morroquin by a 8-4 margin. Sathi Reddy and Todd Atcher paired up to down Sean Miller and Joh Irish by a score of 8-3.

Taking their 3-0 lead into singles, the Bellarmine men won at the number one and two spots to increase the lead to 5-0. Janssen-Bernard topped Rodrigo Morroquin 6-3, 6-4 and Nate Matthews defeated Alonso Morroquin 6-4, 6-2.

As was the case in the women's match, play was halted at this point giving the BU men the 5-0 victory.

The gentlemen of Bellarmine now hold a record of 6-7 (4-2 GLVC) even as the Hawks see their mark dip to 3-12 (0-7 GLVC).

On Saturday, April 11, both of Bellarmine's tennis teams will be in Missouri as they square off with the Tritons of Missouri-St. Louis.

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