SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University tennis team did not drop a point on Friday afternoon from the Robb Sports Complex tennis courts en route to a 9-0 blanking of Cheyney for its first win of the 2012-13 season in its PSAC East spring schedule opener.

The Raiders (1-7) open up their conference slate 1-0 and are now tied atop the East standings with West Chester (2-0 PSAC East) and Kutztown (also 1-0). SU has now beaten Cheyney (0-5, 0-1) in three consecutive seasons.

All six winners at singles – each by a 6-0, 6-0 score – earned their first singles victories of the season.  Senior Julia Saintz kicked things off at No. 1 singles, followed by freshman Brittnee Buckley, freshman Katie Shearer, senior Cassie Sidone, senior Lisa Snader and junior Hannah Wolfe.

Saintz and Buckley began SU's three 8-0 wins at doubles before the pairings of Shearer and Delgado and Erickson and Wolfe each won their second doubles matches of the season.

SU will host West Chester on Tuesday at 4 p.m. from the Robb Sports Complex tennis courts.

Doubles
1. Brittnee Buckley/Julia Saintz (SU) def. Taylor Billington/Natasha Lyburn, 8-0
2. Katie Shearer/Daniela Delgado (SU) def. Taniqua Purdie/Erica Kellem, 8-0
3. Kaitlyn Erickson/Hannah Wolfe (SU) def. Jasmine Pitt/Jessica LaRoda, 8-0

Singles
1. Julia Saintz (SU) def. Taylor Billington (CU), 6-0, 6-0
2. Brittnee Buckley (SU) def. Taniqua Purdie (CU), 6-0, 6-0
3. Katie Shearer (SU) def. Jasmine Pitt (CU), 6-0, 6-0
4. Cassie Sidone (SU) def. Natasha Lyburn (CU), 6-0, 6-0
5. Lisa Snader (SU) def. Jessica LaRoda (CU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Hannah Wolfe (SU) def. Erica Kellem (CU), 6-0, 6-0