Women’s Tennis Tops RWU, 5-2

Roger Williams

Endicott

Doubles

Kathryn Hughes / Julia Akerman (RWU)
def. Maxine Bergstein / Mackenzie Rhodes (ECW)

8-2

Hayley Barnett / Margot Andreasen (ECW)
def. Gabrielle Riley / Ali Stankiewicz (RWU)

8-6

Lauren Rahr / Reilly Fitzgibbons (ECW)
def. Caroline McCarthy / Jessica Magliato (RWU)

8-3

Singles

Hayley Barnett (ECW)
def. Harley Kaiserman (RWU)

6-0, 6-3

Reilly Fitzgibbons (ECW)
def. Kathryn Hughes (RWU)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

Julia Akerman (RWU)
def. Lauren Rahr (ECW)

6-0, 6-1

Margot Andreasen (ECW)
def. Ali Stankiewicz (RWU)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

Gillian Freter (ECW)
def. Taryn Roche (RWU)

6-1, 6-2

Maxine Bergstein (ECW)
def. Caroline McCarthy (RWU)

6-1, 6-0

full stats

Posted: Oct 01, 2016

MIDDLETON, Mass. – In a rematch of last year's Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) championship match, the Endicott women's tennis team defeated Roger Williams University, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Northeast Tennis Center. Today's match was played to decision and was also moved indoors due to inclement weather.

Much like last year's title match, Endicott earned a 2-1 advantage at the conclusion of doubles and used that momentum in singles to its advantage as Gillian Freter (Scituate, Mass.), Hayley Barnett (Marlboro, N.J.), and Maxine Bergstein (Hingham, Mass.) notched convincing victories today to clinch the win over the Hawks.

Freter posted a 6-1, 6-2 triumph at the No. 5 position, while Barnett won 6-0, 6-3 in the No. 1 spot, and Bergstein sealed the victory with a 6-1, 6-0 decision at No. 6.

TOP QUOTE

"What a great way to end the CCC regular season," said Endicott women's tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. "It was a terrific battle form both squads, but now we will turn our attention towards working on a few things in practice and our remaining matches before we head into the playoffs."

#OhHeyThatsNice

Barnett and teammate Margot Andreasen (Portland, Maine) registered a tough 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles after the match was tied at 1-1.
Lauren Rahr (Waterford, Conn.) and Reilly Fitzgibbons (Killingworth, Conn.) started the match with an 8-3 victory at the No. 3 position.
Freter now leads the team in singles victories with eight on the season.
Last year, Barnett, Bergstein and Mackenzie Rhodes (Rye, N.H.) posted wins in singles against Roger Williams to win the CCC championship.
Similar to today, Bergstein earned the clinching victory for the Gulls in last year's CCC title match.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (8-3, 7-1 CCC) travels to Wheaton (Mass.) on Wednesday, October 5 for a non-conference match at 4 p.m. Roger Williams (9-2, 5-1 CCC) hosts Salve Regina on Tuesday, October 4 in a CCC contest at 4 p.m.

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