CHICAGO – The UIC women's tennis team (16-5, 8-1 HL) made quick work of Oakland (2-17, 2-9 HL) on Saturday afternoon, shutting out the Golden Grizzlies 7-0 in what was their fifth blanking of the season. The Flames earned the doubles point and all six singles victories, improving their conference record to 8-1 heading into tomorrow's regular season finale.

The win also put head coach Shannon Tully just one win away from the 300-career win mark.

Doubles Highlights
Lucie Prochazkova and Ana Jover came out the gate with a dominating shutout performance over Oakalnd's Joelle Tabernal and Emma Hultqvist at No. 2, 6-0. The number three match went to the Flames by forfeit, while the No. 1 match between UIC's Tamara Malazonia and Agnes Gustafsson and Oakland's Yasmin Glazbrook and Nirva Patel went unfinished.

Singles Highlights
The Flames took the No. 6 match by forfeit, giving them a 2-0 edge. Prochazkova carried her dominance into singles action, where she picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win over Mia Melnizki in the No. 3 match for her seventh-straight win. Jover clinched the win for UIC in the No. 4 match, defeating Tabernal in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. Gustafsson added a win at No. 2, taking down Patel, 6-2, 6-3, before Malazonia followed suit with a win of her own at No. 1, outlasting Glazbrook in the tiebreaker, 1-6, 6-0, 10-8. Georgia Gulin completed the shutout for the Flames at No. 5 with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Hultqvist.

Up Next
The Flames and Golden Grizzlies will finish out both the series and the regular season tomorrow at 10 a.m. CT at the Flames Outdoor Tennis Courts.