ST. LOUIS, Mo. – For the fourth year in a row, Grinnell College's women's tennis team has moved beyond the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
The Pioneers accomplished that feat Thursday morning by blanking Principia College 5-0 at the Dwight Davis Tennis Center. Grinnell added to its school-record victory total by improving to 23-4 on the season.
 
The Pioneers, ranked 23^rd nationally, got off to a strong start with a doubles sweep by the duos of Ioanna Giannakou '24-Lily Perrin '25 (8-4), Irene Agusti '24-Erin Jarvis '25 (8-5) and Paige Sargent '27-Isa Voinescu '26 (8-4).
 
Grinnell finished off the win as Utsah Kalra '25 won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles and Jarvis posted a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4. Perrin, Voinescu and Nichole Henning '26 were all leading their singles match when the Pioneers clinched the victory.
 
Kalra's singles win was her 21^st this season, which ranks 14^th in program history. On the doubles front, Perrin claimed her 22^nd doubles win of the season which is ninth all-time, Sargent gained her 21^st which ranks 15^th and Voinescu got her 20^th which is 24^th.
 
Kalra now has 50 career singles wins which is 14^th all-time, while Giannakou's 66 doubles wins are third and just five shy of the school record. Perrin has 59 career doubles wins which is 10^th and Jarvis has 49 doubles victories which ranks 20^th.
 
Grinnell will meet sixth-ranked and regional host Washington University at 10 a.m. Friday. Principia finished its campaign with a 12-7 record.