Williamsburg, KY - The Patriots got their weekend started the way they wanted to with a win over Midland University Saturday evening. After dropping their home opener to Findlay on Wednesday, UC was able break out the brooms against the Warriors in the 7-0 win, giving them their seventh sweep in their last eight matches.

Doubles play got the contest started off with a bang as Cumberlands grabbed the win in each of their matchups. Johanna Beckmann and Satsuki Mitani put UC out in front in doubles at the #3 spot with a 6-2 win while Tomomi Nagao and Mikaela Fros clinched the win in a 6-1 victory at #1. Meiri Okuwaki and Tessa Gray ended up rounding out the doubles matches as strongly as the Patriots had started them with a 6-1 win of their own.

Singles proved to be more of the same as Cumberlands dominated their opponent. Nagao made it 2-0 advantage for UC swiftly at #1 with a win in straight sets by a final tally of 6-0, 6-1. Catherine Rae followed behind in the #3 spot with a quick win of her own, defeating Midland's Chloe Do Lago 6-1, 6-2.

Meiri Okuwaki was able to follow Rae up with a win in the #2 spot for the Patriots, clinching the win. After winning the first set 6-1, Okuwaki had a fight on her hands in the second as Kristina Khmelevskaia battled all the way through the stanza. Meiri jumped out in front, leading 4-1 before the Warrior's #2 started to mount her run. It was all for nought, though, as Okuwaki held on to win 7-6 to make it a 4-0 lead for UC.

The back half of the Patriot's lineup continued to pour it on with Beckmann at #4 winning 6-1, 6-2 before Hana Shimeno earned a 6-3, 6-0  over Grace Felder in the #5 spot while Fan Shiau finished the match with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 win.

UC moves to 8-3 on the season with this win, coming out on top in eight of their last nine matches. The Patriots will look to add another 'W' to their ledger tomorrow when they travel to the University of Pikeville to take on the Bears in their Mid-South Conference opener at 3:00 p.m.

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