MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Four years ago, Sonja Larsen was in to playing her loud German music while off on her own in the Barry University Tennis Hut.

Little did she know she wasn't alone.

The music was blaring, and it was such a paradox from the persona the once-shy German tennis star carried in her visible body language. Well, people change, and Sonja Larsen isn't so shy anymore.

In fact, the No. 1-ranked singles player in the country is making some pretty loud statements these days, and she doesn't even have to say anything. The results speak for themselves.

Larsen broke the school career singles victory record with a 6-0, 6-1 win over St. Thomas' Cynthia Diaz at the No. 3 spot Thursday in the No. 3 Buccaneers' 9-0 shutout of the No. 23 Bobcats. Larsen, a senior from Verden, Germany, surpassed Greta Trotman (2003-06) on the all-time list, improving to 13-0 this season and 74-5 in her career.

"I'm pretty happy about this," Larsen said. "Even without the record, it's been an amazing time up until now. On and off the court, it was an amazing environment to be in. It's pretty nice to be around people you get along with."

Not to mention win with constantly.

"I knew I could achieve the record, but I'm looking forward to the next step like conference and nationals," Larsen said.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 9, St. Thomas 0
Records: Barry (15-0), St. Thomas (5-7)
 

DOUBLES:

• Hanna Seizer and Julie Razafindranaly picked up an 8-1 win over Victoria Slavina and Mariah Bastos at No. 1 doubles.
• Ninth-ranked Verena Schmid and Larsen defeated Katalina Pineda and Natdeilys de Armas Acosta, 8-2, at the No. 2 position.
• Carolin Schmidt and Judith Bohnenkamp finished off the pairs sweep with an 8-1 victory over Cynthia Diaz and Naomi Maehama.

SINGLES:

• Seizer picked up her fourth win at No. 1 singles with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Slavina.
• Schmid rolled past Cassandra Lemieux, 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 2 position.
• Schmidt took down Maehama, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 4.
• Razafindranaly beat de Armas Acosta, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 5.
• Bohnenkamp was a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Pineda at No. 6.

NOTEWORTHY:

• Larsen has won 41 straight singles matches in dual play. Her 13 singles victories is the most on the team this season.
• Schmid became the fourth Buccaneer to win 10 matches this season without a loss.
• Schmid and Schmidt both won for the sixth time this year without dropping a game.
• Bohnenkamp moved within one singles victory of matching her season-high with her sixth win this year. She had seven victories last year.
• Barry swept doubles play for the fifth straight match and 14th time overall this season.

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will play at No. 24 Nova Southeastern 2 p.m. next Tuesday.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING:

"It's a pretty good feeling. I've played pretty good up until now, but I can't achieve anything without my team. And now we're looking forward to the next step."
        -- Senior Sonja Larsen on breaking a record and preparing for postseason

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