SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Completing its season-opening trio of matches, No. 19 Academy of Art women's tennis bested Dominican 7-0 at the Castellucci Family Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon. ART U won all six singles matches in straight sets, convincingly taking each by three games or more.

The Urban Knights hung tough amid intense winds that raged through throughout the Bay Area on Sunday. In doubles, freshmen Julia Ortega and Ella Lynn-Browne confidently defeated Alexandria Rogers and Nicole Bermudez 6-1 then senior Mariacristina Andrisani and sophomore Sofia Ragona came out 6-4 victors over Ofelia Lopez Camarena and Haley Garcia. With the doubles point already in hand, Academy of Art made it a clean sweep with freshmen Maria Vittoria Casucci and Aitana Comas Adam topping Michelle Li and Kamar Alajeely 7-5 in a tiebreaker for the 7-6 win.

Identical 6-1, 6-1 scores came for Andrisani over Alajeely in the first singles position, Casucci over Li at number three and Comas Adam over Bermudez. Lynn-Browne took a 6-2, 6-1 victories versus Madison Giannetto at five. The sweep was kept intact by Ragona's 6-0, 6-3 result versus Garcia and Ortega's 6-2, 6-2 triumph against Antoinette Schreiber.

"We faced a tough doubles team in Dominican, but after that, each individual had something to work on so hopefully with that they can keep being confident moving forward," said head coach Clarisse Baca. "Overall this is a process. We are a fresh team and it is important that we keep working on specifics for each player's game so hopefully in March we are prepared and ready to compete against some of the big teams we have on our schedule."

Academy of Art returns to its home court this Saturday, Feb. 15 to host Sonoma State at noon.