MILTON, Mass. – The Curry College women's tennis team fell to visiting UMass. Boston, 5-3, at the Big Nine Courts on Thursday afternoon. With the loss the Colonels fall to 1-13 on the season while the Beacons improve to 6-5 overall.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 5, Curry College 3
UMass Boston (6-5)
Curry College (1-13)
HOW IT HAPPENED
UMB swept all three doubles matches while the Colonels took three of five singles matches played. One singles match could not be completed therefor neither team earned the win.
Kristy Garcia (Miami, Fla.) won her match 6-4, 6-0 against Keeley Hardy (Charleston, S.C.) at first singles. Curry's No. 2 singles player Kayla Prete defeated Kathleen Conroy (Quincy, Mass.), 7-5, 6-4. In No. 3 singles, the Colonels Laura Ferris and the Beacons Meghan Erickson (Hubbardston, Mass.) were unable to finish their match leaving neither team with a point. Stephanie Leblanc earned the No. 4 singles win for Curry, 8-6, 7-5 besting Kelsey Shea (West Bridgewater, Mass.).
The Colonel's Alexis Mclea-Perry outlasted Vicky Woytowicz (Springfield, Mass.), 4-6, 6-4, 10-3 at the No. 5 slot and at the No. 6 slot UMB's Maria Benatuil (Caracas, Venezuela) claimed her tilt verse Curry's Jennifer Dube, 6-1, 6-3.
In doubles, the No.1 pair Garcia and Katie Gauthier (West Boylston, Mass.) earned an 8-1 victory over the Colonels Hardy and Prete. The No. 2 duo of Shea and Woytowicz bested Curry's Ferris and Dube, 8-4. In the final match on the day, No.3 Beacon's doubles partners, Conroy and Valeria Tueme (Easton, Mass.) outlasted Mclea-Perry and Leblanc, 8-2.
BY THE NUMBERS
- All-time UMass Boston is now 2-4 against Curry College
- The Beacons have now won two-straight over the Colonels
- Erickson saved two match points to split sets, but was unable to finish due to darkness
- The Beacons ended the regular season with a 4-3 record on the road and were 2-2 in non-conference play
WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will host Bridgewater State University on Saturday at 1 p.m. in a Little East Conference match on senior day
