STATESBORO, Ga. - College of Charleston women's tennis shut out its fourth conference team and earned its seventh straight win on Tuesday when the Cougars defeated Georgia Southern, 7-0.

The win puts the Cougars (14-7, 6-0 SoCon) in a tie for first place in the Southern Conference with UNC Greensboro, whose match against Davidson was postponed due to inclement weather.

Senior Emma Hayman and sophomore Irene Viana started CofC out on the right foot with an 8-0 rout over Paola Garrido and Caitlin Kitchen at the top doubles spot. Sophomore Christin Newman and freshman Jamie Harrell clinched the doubles point with an 8-2 victory at the No. 3 spot. Second-seeded senior Kinsey Casey and junior Katie Lee added a third doubles win for good measure with their own 8-4 victory.

The Cougars won five of six singles matches in straight sets. Freshman Kelly Kambourelis (Melbourne, Fla.) was the first to earn a victory in singles for CofC with a 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot. Junior Caroline Newman won her seventh straight match at the No. 3 spot with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Natalie Maffett. Her sister, Christin, picked up her second straight win as the Cougars' top seed (6-4, 6-3) to improve her record to 12-7 at the top spot.

After dropping the first set 7-5, Hayman battled back at the No. 2 spot to force a third-set tiebreak against Melanie Rolle. Hayman won the tiebreak, 13-11, to complete the sweep for the Cougars and drop the Eagles to 8-9 on the season and 2-6 in the conference.