No. 3 Pirates Blank Drury In Round Of 16, 5-0

After a very slow start - the Pirates were only allowed 15 minutes of warmup time after a quick win by Lynn preceding Armstrong's match - a 5-0 win by Armstrong puts the Pirates into the quarterfinals.

The Pirates won all three doubles matches as the second-ranked doubles team of Aleksandra Filipovski and Barbora Krtickova downed Beatriz Juan and Stefanie Monsch, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles, while No. 11-ranked Marlen Hacke and Olga Kalodzitsa beat Pelagie Gamo and Jelena Schaeftlmeier, 8-4, at No. 2 doubles. No. 17-ranked Kathleen Henry and Clara Perez finished off the doubles sweep with an 8-2 win over Ellen Bennett and Abbey Sharpe at No. 3 doubles.

Armstrong picked up all six first sets in singles play, then No. 7-ranked Filipovski picked up the first singles win with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Gamo at No. 2 singles, then No. 30-ranked Clara Perez finished off the match with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Bennett at No. 6 singles.

Next up for the Pirates is No. 5-ranked Hawaii Pacific - a 5-0 win over Colorado Mesa - at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow at EP Tom Sawyer State Park.