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HAMPTON, Va. – Five North Carolina Central University players won both their singles and doubles matches as the visiting Lady Eagles posted a convincing 6-1 non-conference win over Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Northern Division member Hampton University Saturday afternoon at Neilson-Screen Stadium.
 
Freshman Jasmine Gabriel, sophomore Jamie Rogers and juniors Lynsey Cover and Tamara Jeremic all won in straight sets from No. 2-6 in the Lady Eagles lineup, respectively. Senior Aissa Muamba had to close out her top-tier triumph in a third-set superset to complete NCCU's point production.
 
NCCU improved to 4-12 with its first road win of the campaign. The Hampton Pirates have one less win on the season at 3-13.
 
The Lady Eagles started the day by dominating doubles.
 
Muamba and Rogers coasted to a 6-1 conquest while Cover and Jeremic clinched NCCU's first team point with a 6-4 win. Gabriel and senior Mia Ramic had to work a little harder to complete the doubles sweep with a 7-6 win after winning their tiebreaker 7-3.
 
The Muamba/Rogers duo leveled their record together at 4-4. The other two doubles wins were the first of victories for both of those fairly new partnerships.
 
Muamba improved to 9-5 with her dramatic 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 win atop the lineup, which was her fourth straight W. Rogers (9-6) matches Muamba with nine wins after knocking off her foe with a pair of 6-2 wins.  Gabriel (6-4, 6-4) and Jeremic (7-5, 7-5) also won their corresponding matches by identical scores in both of their sets. Cover won a second-set tiebreaker by a perfect 7-0 score to secure her victory by a final margin of 6-4, 7-6 (0).
 
NCCU completes the regular season portion of its schedule at Norfolk State University on Sunday at 11 a.m.