Norfolk, VA - Seventh-seeded Delaware posted a 4-0 victory over #10 Hofstra in the first round of the Virginia 529 CAA Women's Tennis Championship on Thursday at Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University.

Delaware jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Hofstra by winning the double competition. The Blue Hens' top team of Samantha Carnall and Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom beat Elena Ivanova and Brooke Sailer, 8-4, and the No. 3 tandem of Olivia Heim and Kim Milla took an 8-3 decision over the Pride's Paige Polizos and Malissa Gilanchi. Delaware capped the match with a sweep in singles. Courtney Fenimore was a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Gilanchi at No. 3, Sjoberg-Sundstrom rolled past Bianca Derrick, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 4 and Dorothy Safron picked up a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Sonia Tsay at No. 2.

Hofstra finishes the 2011-12 campaign with a 6-14 record.

#7 Delaware 4, #10 Hofstra 0

#1 Samantha Carnall (UD) vs. Elena Ivanova (HU) – DNF, 6-1, 4-3

#2 Dorothy Safron (UD) d. Sonia Tsay (HU), 6-3, 6-3

#3 Courtney Fenimore (UD) d. Malissa Gilanchi (HU), 6-0, 6-0

#4 Sophie Sjoberg-Sundstrom (UD) d. Bianca Derrick (HU), 6-2, 6-0

#5 Olivia Heim (UD) vs. Brooke Sailer (HU) – DNF, 6-3, 5-2

#6 Amanda Halstrom (UD) vs. Paige Polizos (HU) – DNF, 3-6, 3-3

Doubles

#1 Carnall/Sjoberg-Sundstrom (UD) d. Ivanova/Sailer (HU), 8-4

#2 Safron/Fenimore (UD) vs. Derrick/Tsay (HU) – DNF, 7-4

#3 Heim/Kim Milla (UD) d. Polizos/Gilanchi (HU), 8-3