FREDERICK, Md.--The Hood College women's tennis team won its third straight match and evened its record at 6-6 on the season with an 8-1 nonconference win over McDaniel College Monday afternoon at the Baker Park Tennis Courts.

The Blazers earned straight set victories in five of the six singles matches and swept all three doubles matches en route to the win.

Jillian Elkaim ousted Brittany Starlings, 6-0, 6-0, at first singles to improve to 9-2 on the season. Christine Ocampos-Barry upped her singles record to 4-7 with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Emily Taylor. Larisa Buriak also registered her fourth singles win of the year by upending Jamie Latham, 6-1, 6-1. Laura Saad evened her record at fifth singles at 2-2 on the season by downing Devan Hamrit, 6-4, 6-1 and Dani Hunt improved to 5-2 at sixth singles with a 6-2, 6-0 triumph over Caitlin Daniels.

Caitlin Erickson and Emily Schrodel teamed up to win their second doubles match of the season at the No. 3 spot, defeating Hamrit and Jessica Gelber, 8-6. Elkaim and Buriak topped Taylor and Starlings, 8-6, at first doubles and Hunt and Ocampos-Barry knocked off Latham and Kristina Shavirov, 8-5, at No. 2 doubles.

Hood's next match is slated for Thursday against Capital Athletic Conference opponent St. Mary's College (Md.) at 3:30 p.m. at the Baker Park Tennis Courts.