The University of Akron tennis team is 10-0 after sweeping the doubles competition and straight set wins in all six singles flights to defeat visiting Cincinnati 7-0 Sunday at LaTuchie Tennis Center.
The Zips clinched the doubles with an 8-2 win by Olga Shkundina and Natalia Kuvakina.
The pair also won in singles competition along with Zara Harutyunyan, Prang Pantusart, Angelina Jogasuria and Ksenia Berestetska.
The win was the Zips’ sixth shutout of the season and third in their last four matches.
UA closes out its four-game homestand 1 p.m. Tuesday against Kentucky (8-1).
Gymnastics
Kent State put together its finest meet of the year and defeated Northern Illinois 195.525 -193.625 Sunday afternoon at the M.A.C. Center.
Sophomore Marie Case won the beam (9.800), tied for the win on the floor exercise (9.850) and second on the bars (9.850).
The Golden Flashes are in a four-team meet Friday at North Carolina State. KSU will also face Michigan State and Towson.
Baseball
After dropping the first game of a doubleheader against Georgia Tech 6-2, Kent State bounced back to defeat Withrop 11-3 Saturday at the Rock Hill Coca-Cola Classic in South Carolina.
The Golden Flashes had 17 hits and scored seven runs in the second inning with six players having multihit games. Shortstop Jimmy Rider had four hits including two doubles and scored and drove in a run.
Center fielder Evan Campbell and third baseman Nick Hamilton each had three singles. Senior catcher David Lyon had a solo home run and an RBI single.
Softball
The Zips fell to 3-6 after losing a doubleheader Saturday to Charleston Southern and Marshall at the College of Charleston Cougar Classic.
Brittany Maurer was the losing pitcher in both games.
In the loss to Charleston, Maurer had a two-out RBI double in the third inning and Rachael Ratcliffe led off the fourth with a solo home run.
In the loss to Marshall, Katie Gross hit a solo homer for UA.
Sunday’s game against Kennesaw State was rained out.
More baseball
The University of Akron is 0-3 after dropping a doubleheader Saturday to Appalachian State 8-3 and 4-1 in Elon, N.C.
In the second game, Jon Pusateri allowed three runs in six innings pitched with six strikeouts. Freshman Pat Dyer threw one shutout inning of relief.
“Jon pitched very well,” Zips coach Rick Rembielak said. “He had six punchouts to just three walks and had decent command of his stuff all game long.”
The Zips’ lone tally came on Devan Ahart’s RBI triple in the eighth inning.
Sunday’s game against Elon was rained out.
Rifle team
The University of Akron placed second behind Ohio State 4,635-4,582 at the NCAA qualifier match in Columbus.
The top eight teams and selected individuals from events nationwide are invited to the NCAA Championship in March. John Hupp of UA tied OSU’s Amanda Furr for first place in the smallbore division. Like Hupp, Victoria Brown hopes to qualify in the air rifle after placing fourth.
