CAYCE, S.C. - The first day of the 2016 BIG EAST Tennis Championship Presented by Jeep saw the higher seed come out on top in both matches as No. 7 Villanova bested No. 10 Providence 4-0 and eighth-seeded Creighton won its first ever BIG EAST Championship match, defeating ninth-seeded Providence 4-0.
The Bluejays jumped out in front early by securing the doubles point and never looked back. Michaela Henne and Katherine Nelsen came away with a 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles over Nicole Cysterski and Risa Takanaka and not long after that Ashley Ishimura and Darby Rosette defeated Alana Prinos and Brooke Burnside 6-2 at No.