BABSON PARK, Mass. – The Endicott women's tennis team fell to No. 35 nationally ranked Babson College by a 9-0 score on Wednesday evening at the Farwell Courts.

Babson only dropped three games in doubles as the No. 1 pairing of Tori Paolino (East Orleans, Mass.) and Dina Weick (Woodbridge, Conn.) defeated Mackenzie Rhodes (Rye, N.H.) and Maxine Bergstein (Hingham, Mass.) by an 8-1 decision to start the non-conference match between the two squads.

The Beavers also secured an 8-1 win at No. 2 and No. 3 to sweep doubles play.

In singles action, Endicott first year Margot Andreasen (Portland, Maine) played well despite falling to Yagmur Akgul (Istanbul, Turkey), who claimed conference Rookie of the Year accolades last season, by a 6-0, 6-2 decision at No. 1.

Classmate Gillian Freter (Scituate, Mass.) also made a solid debut for the Gulls in her first collegiate match winning two games in the first set but eventually dropped a 6-2, 6-0 decision to junior Dina Weick (Woodbridge, Conn.).

TOP QUOTE

"It was a bit of trial by fire today for such a young team against a nationally ranked opponent, but we performed well after getting some first match jitters out of the way early in doubles," said Endicott college women's tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. "We certainly have things to improve on in all phases of the game but now we are on to CCC play as we travel to Western New England on Saturday."

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (0-1) opens up conference play against Western New England University this Saturday on the road at 12 p.m. Babson (2-0) hosts Springfield College for a league match this Saturday at 1 p.m.