BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's tennis team defeated Nichols, 6-3, on Thursday evening in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play at the South Campus Courts.
In doubles flights, the hosts took a 2-1 advantage to capture momentum heading into singles.
Endicott's No. 1 doubles duo of Ripley Uyeda (Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif.) / Lejla Guster (Wethersfield, Conn.) earned a gritty 8-6 victory. At No. 2, Samantha Hartmann (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.) / Olivia Martinelli (Coral Springs, Fla.) produced a hard-earned 8-7 (7-2) triumph.
In singles, the Blue and Green continued their winning ways courtesy of No. 3 Martinelli and No. 1 Guster behind scores of 6-1, 6-3, and 6-3, 6-2, respectively.
Endicott's deep lineup proved to be the difference as No. 4 Shelby Henry (Lincoln, Neb.) clinched the victory for the second straight match (6-0, 6-2), while No. 5 Kaitlin Fitzgibbons (Nashua, N.H.) rounded out the scoring (7-6 (8-6), 6-4).
TOP QUOTE
"Today was a good test. It was competitive and chippy, at times, but that's college tennis. Our 13 student-athletes are very together, and it's been helping us with facing adversity", said Endicott women's tennis head coach Anthony D'Angelo.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Blue and Green lead the all-time series, 24-15 (based upon available data).
- The Gulls have won the last five matchups dating back to 10/26/2019.
- Hartmann and Martinelli manufactured their first win as a doubles pairing (1-0).
- With this evening's win, Uyeda / Guster tied Henry / Fitzgibbons for most doubles victories this season with two.
- Martinelli generated her first singles victory in 2023-24.
- The trio of Henry, Guster, and Fitzgibbons are all tied for a team-best three singles wins this fall.
WHAT'S NEXT
Endicott (3-1, 2-0 CCC) hosts Western New England on Saturday, September 30 at 12:00 PM. Nichols (3-1, 2-1 CCC) welcomes Curry to its campus this Saturday at 1:00 PM.
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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)
