GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The University of North Dakota women's tennis team opened its home slate in style, rolling past St. Thomas by a 6-1 score on Friday afternoon at Choice Health and Fitness. 

UND (3-6) notched its second straight victory by a 6-1 margin, with the lone defeat coming today via a retirement, and have dropped only one home match over the last three seasons. 

It was smooth sailing in doubles play for the Fighting Hawks, with Sapir Sela and Andrea Jansson starting it off with a 6-0 win on the top court before a 6-1 triumph by Allie Ochotorena and Kaede Amano sealed the 1-0 start for the hosts. UND was not finished there, as Nina Zdravkovic and Charlotte Bowles made it a perfect start with a 6-2 victory on the bottom court. 

Amano kept the momentum on UND's side to begin singles play, notching a pair of 6-0 wins on the No. 4 court to push the lead to 2-0. Isa Sullivan returned to action in strong fashion with a 6-1, 6-1 win at the No. 5 spot to push the match to its brink. Sela followed suit with a pair of 6-1 triumphs herself from the top court to clinch the second straight victory for the Hawks.

Jansson extended her personal winning streak to three straight with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at the third position and Ochotorena snapped her losing streak with a 6-2, 6-3 win at the No. 2 court to finish off the afternoon. 

North Dakota will now turn its attention to conference play next week for a showdown against Oral Roberts on Mar. 13 at 1:30 p.m. from Choice Health and Fitness in Grand Forks.