CHICAGO, Ill. – The Carthage College women's tennis team won their first dual match of the season on the road Saturday, defeating the Vikings of North Park University in Chicago, with a dominant 9-0 win.
 
The win moves the Lady Reds to 1-1 on the season and in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, while the Vikings drop their first match of the season to fall to 2-1 on the year and 0-1 in the CCIW.
 
The Lady Reds dropped just three sets in the opening doubles matches, as Angelica Emmanouil and Sam Ramsey won 8-0, Natalie Favia and Nia Pham won 8-2, and Maria Salerno and Hannah Haeberle won 8-1 in doubles one, two and three respectively.
 
Carthage carried over their dominance into the singles portion of the day, with the Lady Reds winning all six matches in straight-sets.  Picking up their second wins of the day were Emmanouil, Favia, Ramsey, Salerno and Pham in the one through five matches, while Faelan O'Shaughnessy got a win at six singles in her lone match of the day.
  
Doubles competition
1. Angelica Emmanouil/Sam Ramsey (CARTHAGE) def. Viuhkonen, Linn/Love, Linnea (NPU) 8-0
2. Natalie Favia/Nia Pham (CARTHAGE) def. Viuhkonen, Lisa/Chleboun, Katie (NPU) 8-2
3. Maria Salerno/Hannah Haeberle (CARTHAGE) def. Pavlak, Grace/Harrison, McKenzie (NPU) 8-1
 
Singles competition
1. Angelica Emmanouil (CARTHAGE) def. Viuhkonen, Linn (NPU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Natalie Favia (CARTHAGE) def. Love, Linnea (NPU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Sam Ramsey (CARTHAGE) def. Viuhkonen, Lisa (NPU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Maria Salerno (CARTHAGE) def. Chleboun, Katie (NPU) 6-0, 6-3
5. Nia Pham (CARTHAGE) def. Pavlak, Grace (NPU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Faelan O'Shaughnessy (CARTHAGE) def. Harrison, McKenzie (NPU) 6-3, 6-0

Next up for Carthage, the Lady Reds will remain on the road as they head to Carroll University on Thursday, September 13th.  First serve next week is set for 3:00 p.m.