Last month, the Binghamton University women’s tennis team lost a tough 4-3 dual match to the University of Massachusetts, dropping it to 1-4 as a team. The loss led to questions about where their season was going and if the team was ever going to get out of their rut. Such criticism sparked Anna Edelman, the team’s top singles player, to voice confidence in her teammates.

“We are going to turn it around,” Edelman said.

Edelman has walked the walk. Since the loss to UMass, Binghamton (4-4) is on a three-match winning streak; the latest victory coming courtesy of a 5-2 win against the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday.

While Edelman lost her singles match in a grueling 7-5, 1-6, 10-7 affair against Emily Urda, she still won her doubles match with teammate Lauren Bates. The pair easily dismissed Carla Erskine and Jaclyn Williamson 8-0. Edelman and Bates are now 19-3 as a team in the top doubles position and have not lost in over a month, when they were defeated by Temple on Feb. 9.

Bates, who is having an outstanding season as a singles player as well, won her singles match over Williamson 6-0, 6-1 to improve to 6-2. This domination of the opposition by Edelman and Bates has been a common theme for the Bearcats in matches where they have performed well this season; the pair has been the team’s top two performers. Their success this weekend set the tone against Villanova.

“We definitely feel confident now,” Edelman said.

Edelman and Bates performed well as a duo, but the win against Villanova was a team victory in every regard. Yulia Smirnova won at third singles, 6-1, 6-3 over Lyndsey Lostritto, and Danyelle Shapiro was victorious at the fourth position, 6-3, 6-4 against Courtney Reed.

For both players, it marked three-match winning streaks as individuals that have coincided with their team’s three-match winning streak. Smirnova and Shapiro were also victorious in their doubles match at the second doubles position, where they won 8-4 against Reed and Daniella Phillis. Senior captain Gayathri Balasundar and sophomore Erica Rosenblum also won their doubles match 8-5 over Natasha Stone and Emily Urda to give Binghamton a clean sweep in doubles.

Balasundar followed up her victory with Rosenblum with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Katherine Monari in singles.

Saturday’s win has Binghamton excited for what is to come, and confident in its ability to become a winning team that can challenge for an America East title.

“We’re very happy that we beat a good school this weekend,” Balasundar said.

Binghamton is scheduled to play its first home match since Oct. 6 on Tuesday, against St. Bonaventure at 3:30 p.m. on the West Gym courts.