It was a singular accomplishment ... or make that, a singles-ular accomplishment.

The Muhlenberg women's tennis team typically doesn't fare well at Swarthmore and it looked like it was going to be more of the same on Friday. The Garnet, ranked 13th in the Atlantic South Region (four spots ahead of the Mules) swept the doubles matches, none closer than 8-4, to take a 3-0 lead heading into singles competition.

"After doubles we had a team huddle. We just said ... listen, the doubles didn't go our way but the singles can go our way," said sophomore Sara Finger. "We just had to remain positive, stay focused and know that we could do it because we practice really hard and we have hard workers."

Did the singles ever go Muhlenberg's way. The Mules swept all six singles matches, including Finger's hard-fought 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 victory at No. 1, to pull off the improbable 6-3 win.

"Through the singles, you kind of sensed the momentum shift," recalled Finger (pictured above). "You know when the people on the other courts are winning. When they would go off the court you would sense that they won and your mindset was, all right, I gotta win for the team."

Every Muhlenberg player backed up her teammate's win with a win of her own. Seniors Jennifer Goldberg and Sharen Resnikoff and freshman Hannah Molk combined with Finger to put the Mules - who were 1-12 at Swarthmore in the last 25 years, including a playoff loss last year - ahead 4-3.

Freshman Molly Kowalski completed the comeback win at No. 6 with her first career singles victory, and sophomore No. 4 Jamie Rosenblum finished the historic sweep with a straight-sets win.

How historic? It was the first time in program history that the Mules were swept in doubles and swept singles. Since 1995, when college tennis switched to playing doubles first, the Mules were down 0-3 heading into singles 70 times before Friday. Their record in those matches: 1-69, with most of the losses coming 9-0 or 8-1. Only in 1998 against Bryn Mawr did Muhlenberg come back to win, but that was 5-4.

Even before 1995, when doubles was played after singles, the Mules were 0-39 when losing all three doubles matches. So the team is now 2-108 all-time when getting swept in doubles. But it's on a one-match winning streak. 

"That's great. Hopefully it happens a-...," Finger started to stay before rethinking the need to be successful in doubles.

"Hopefully it doesn't happen again," she decided on. "But it worked out last time!"