CLEMSON, S.C. - Charleston Southern, taking on a nationally ranked tennis team from the ACC for the second match in a row, dropped a 4-0 decision at No. 10 Clemson Tuesday, Jan. 25. The Tigers have swept all four of their opponents this season.

CSU remains in search of its first win of the season, currently holding an 0-2 record after defeats at No. 46 NC State and No. 10 Clemson. Clemson is 4-0 heading into the second match of its doubleheader today.

Clemson won all three doubles matches to claim the first point of the match. CSU's pair of Brooke Pletcher and Aleandra Walters faced Maria Belaya and Laurianne Henry, with Belaya and Henry earning a tightly-contested 8-6 victory.

Josipa Bek and Klara Vyskocilova defeated Olga Makhova and Marija Dzakovic, 8-4. Nelly Ciolkowski and Carolina Magnusson defeated the team of Heather Isbell and Alia Nour.

The Tigers posted three straight-set wins in singles play to earn the 4-0 match victory. Bek, the 12th-ranked women's tennis player in the nation, defeated Makhova, 6-1, 6-1. Dzakovic, playing at No. 2 singles for CSU, fell in the first set to Ciolkowski, and led the second set, 2-1, when the team scoring ended.

Clemson's Vyskocilova downed Pletcher, 6-1, 6-0, and Belaya won a match with identical 6-1 scores over Walters.

The Buccaneers will next be in action Saturday, Feb. 12, taking on the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. CSU will then compete at Troy Sunday, Feb. 13.

#10 Clemson (4-0) def. Charleston Southern (0-2), 4-0
Clemson, S.C. - Jan. 25, 2011

Singles Competition
1. #12 Josipa Bek (Clemson) d. Olga Makhova (CSU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Nelly Ciolkowski (Clemson) v. Marija Dzakovic (CSU) 6-4, 1-2 dnf
3. Klara Vyskocilova (Clemson) d. Brooke Pletcher (CSU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Maria Belaya (Clemson) d. Alexandra Walters (CSU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Laurianne Henry (Clemson) v. Alia Nour (CSU) dns
6. Carolina Magnusson (Clemson) v. Heather Isbell (CSU) dns

Doubles Competition
1. Josipa Bek/Klara Vyskocilova (Clemson) d. Olga Makhova/Marija Dzakovic (CSU) 8-4
2. Maria Belaya/Laurianne Henry (Clemson) d. Alexandra Walters/Brooke Pletcher (CSU) 8-6
3. Nelly Ciolkowski/Caroline Magnusson (Clemson) d. Heather Isbell/Alia Nour 8-0