BOCA RATON, Fla.- Lynn University's fifth-ranked women's tennis team defeated Nova Southeastern, 8-1, to remain undefeated in Sunshine State Conference play on Thursday afternoon. The country's top doubles team of Valentine Confalonieri and Ioana Ivan had a dominate performance at No. 1 doubles when they blanked the Sharks top team. The win improves the Blue & White's record to 20-1 overall and 7-0 in the SSC, including a 25-0 all-time versus Nova Southeastern. 

Lynn's No. 2 doubles team of Andrea Berkova and Rosalie Willig gave the Fighting Knights their first point with an 8-3 win over NSU's Alex Johansson and Carlee Rizzolo. Less than a minute later, No. 1 Confalonieri and Ivan wrapped up an 8-0 win over Sabrina Kierber and Alex Kaeser for a 2-0 lead. The Sharks' No. 3 doubles team of Linda Kornienko and Juliet Serabian defeated Lynn's Alina Jane and Aleks Vukadinovic, 8-1, to avoid the doubles sweep. 

No. 1 Confalonieri beat No. 48 Johansson, 6-3, 6-0, to give Lynn it's third point. No. 46 Willig won 6-3, 6-2, at No. 3 singles over Serabian to put the Fighting Knights within one point of their 20th victory of the season. Kim Przeszlowski won 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 6 spot to secure the win before Jane won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5 singles. No. 36 Berkova found herself down a set after losing the opening one 2-6 but bounced back for consecutive 6-2 wins to win the match in three. No. 12 Ivan won her opening set in a close 7-5 battle before winning the second set 7-6 (7-3). 

Lynn will host No. 1 Barry in a Sunshine State Conference match that will determine the first-ever Regular Season SSC Champion on Saturday, April 5. First serve is set for 11:00 a.m. at the Perper Tennis Complex. To follow the action live, log on to LynnFightingKnights.com. Don't forget to 'Like' us on Facebook and follow @LUKnights on Twitter and Instagram.