FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Miami University tennis team (1-0) started 2020 on the right foot as the RedHawks rolled through the host Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (0-2) on Thursday morning, 6-1.

Miami earned the first doubles point of the year, starting with a decisive 6-1 win from Milana Lysova and Makenzie Myers on court two. The duo of Melati Devi and Laura Rico sealed the opening point with a 6-4 win of their own as the third court finished with Miami's Brindtha Ramasamy and Lena Babusnki falling in a narrow 7-6 defeat.

Myers carried her dominant form over to the singles session as she took down the Eagles' Sofia Perez in quick 6-1, 6-3 fashion to point a second point on the board for the RedHawks. Rico followed suit with a dominating win to earn her first dual match victory in a Miami uniform, breezing past Atlantic Sun All-Conference player Sara Kelly 6-2, 6-2. The match win was then clinched by Lysova on court four, who also grabbed a straight-set win and made the score 4-0 Miami.

With the win clinched, Ramasamy would get her own impressive straight sets win, defeating FGCU's former ASUN Player of the Year Maja Ornberg 6-4, 7-6 on court one. The remaining two matches both went to tiebreaks, with Miami splitting the pair via Priyana Kalita and the Eagles taking their lone point to give the match the 6-1 final.

Miami will stay in Fort Myers tomorrow as the RedHawks will face Liberty in a neutral-site clash at 10 a.m on FGCU's campus.

Singles
1. Brindtha Ramasamy (Miami) def. Maja Ornberg (FGCU) 6-4, 7-6
2. Laura Rico (Miami) def. Sara Kelly (FGCU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Satomi Momose (FGCU) def. Melati Devi (Miami) 6-2, 5-7, 10-5
4. Milana Lysova (Miami) def. Ida Ferding (FGCU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Makenzie Myers (Miami) def. Sofia Perez (FGCU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Priyana Kalita (Miami) def. Lourdes Ramalle (FGCU) 6-4, 1-6, 11-9

Order of finish: 5, 2, 4, 1, 3, 6

Doubles
1. Devi/Rico (Miami) def. Ferding/Momose (FGCU) 6-4
2. Lysova/Myers (Miami) def. Retortillo/Kelly (FGCU) 6-1
3. Ornberg/Perez (FGCU) def. Ramasamy/Babunski (Miami) 7-6

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3