LEBANON, Ill. – USI Women’s Tennis defeated McKendree University on Friday, 4-0, snapping a nine-match losing streak and earning its first Great Lakes Valley Conference victory of the year.

The Screaming Eagles (4-12, 1-3 GLVC) were led by freshman Rachel Anderson (Racine, Wisconsin) as she teamed up with sophomore Lauryn Thompson (Evansville, Indiana) to seal the doubles point, then earned the first singles point for USI, defeating Alex Tinnin, 6-0, 6-1, in No. 4 Singles.

Freshman Kylie Skepnek (Algonquin, Illinois) took No. 5 Singles, 6-2, 6-0, to seal the match. Thompson was tied at 6-6 in the first set of No. 2 Singles when the match was called. The Eagles took one doubles and one singles match by default.

USI Women’s Tennis heads to the University of Missouri-St. Louis on Tuesday for a non-conference matchup. Competition begins at 1 p.m.