DUDLEY, Mass. – The Nichols College women's tennis team ended Endicott's five-year Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) title run on Monday afternoon with a 5-0 victory in the conference championship match at the Robinson Tennis Courts.
Nichols opened the match by taking both No. 2 and No. 3 doubles flights by identical 8-3 scores before earning a hard-fought 9-8 (7-2) win at No. 1. The Bison then turned that momentum into a 6-2, 6-2 victory at the No. 6 singles position, and a 6-1, 6-2 triumph at No. 1 to earn their second CCC championship in program history (2010, 2016).
Prior to today's loss, Endicott had won five consecutive CCC titles (2011-15), which marks the second longest streak in the conference behind Salve Regina University's run of six straight titles from 1989-94.
During their five-year title streak, the Gulls went 78-24 overall, 37-3 in conference play, and also notched three NCAA Tournament victories in their five appearances over that span.
RESULTS
Doubles
- 1. Amarie Settiwongse/Ashley Dallaire (NC) def. Hayley Barnett/Maxine Bergstein (ECW) 9-8 (7-2)
- 2. Alanna Judd/Isabelle Leonardi (NC) def. Margot Andreasen/Mackenzie Rhodes (ECW) 8-3
- 3. Cristina Szepanski/Lindsey Kaplan (NC) def. Reilly Fitzgibbons/Lauren Rahr (ECW) 8-3
Singles
- 1. Amarie Settiwongse (NC) def. Hayley Barnett (ECW) 6-1, 6-2
- 2. Alanna Judd (NC) vs. Reilly Fitzgibbons (ECW) 6-2, 4-1, unfinished
- 3. Megan Nathanson (NC) vs. Lauren Rahr (ECW) 6-3, 3-0, unfinished
- 4. Daniela Saldarriaga (NC) vs. Gillian Freter (ECW) 6-1, 3-1, unfinished
- 5. Isabelle Leonardi (NC) vs. Margot Andreasen (ECW) 5-7, 2-1, unfinished
- 6. Lindsey Kaplan (NC) def. Maxine Bergstein (ECW) 6-2, 6-2
WHAT'S NEXT
Nichols (14-3), winners of nine straight matches, will now represent the CCC in the NCAA Tournament later this spring. Endicott (11-4) begins its spring season against NCAA Division II Bentley University on Sunday, April 2 at home at 11 a.m.
