CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Charleston Southern tennis team continued its recent stellar play with a 6-1 win over Liberty on Friday morning at the Buccaneer Tennis Center. CSU (8-1) has now won five in a row overall and is off to a 2-0 start in Big South Conference action.

The Bucs claimed eight of the nine matches from the Flames, including all three doubles bouts. Alexandra Walters and Yvonne Hubler improved their team-best doubles mark to 5-2 with an 8-3 win over Liberty's Ally Sheeran and Rebekah Jenkins, while Olga Makhova and Marija Dzakovic cruised to an 8-4 triumph at the number one spot. Angelica Sidorenko and Alia Nour made it a clean sweep at the number three slot, meanwhile, with an 8-2 pasting of Liberty's Nicola Wellman and Jessie Boda.

The Flames secured their only win of the day at number two singles, as Cam Richard bested Sidorenko by a 6-4, 6-1 count. Walters provided the highlight of play for Mike Baker's CSU squad, running her mark to a perfect 9-0 with a 6-2, 6-0 win. Makhova, Hubler, Dzakovic, and Nour all earned straight-set victories as well, with Liberty garnering no more than 3 points in any of those ten combined sets.

CSU heads back to the courts bright and early Saturday morning against cross-town rival College of Charleston. The Bucs dropped a 5-2 decision to the Cougars last season. Competition is slated to begin at 8:30 a.m., and will take place at the Tennis Center at Patriots Point.