Box Score SALEM, Mass.—Three Beacons went 2-0 to lead UMass Boston women's tennis past Salem State University 6-3 on Saturday afternoon at the Central Campus Courts.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 6, Salem State 3
(UMass Boston 3-3, Little East 2-2)
(Salem State 2-7, Little East 1-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Elena Albano (Haverhill, Mass.),
Lia Vassiliadis (Weymouth, Mass.) and
Meaghan Moriarty (Norton, Mass.) all earned two wins to help the Beacons get back to .500.
UMass Boston jumped out to a strong start with wins at second and third doubles.
Albano and Vassiliadis trounced Salem's pairing of Samantha Tenney and Abbie Laliberte 8-2 at number two doubles.
Moriarty and
Tanya Kibiy (Rockville, Md.) combined for an 8-3 victory at third doubles.
In the tightest match, Salem's Anastasia Startseva and Alexandria Floyd barely held off
Meagan Carney (Arlington, Mass.) and
Lydia Chan (Quincy, Mass.) 8-6 at first doubles.
With the Beacons leading 2-1 after doubles, UMass Boston quickly secured the victory with the first four points in singles play.
Vassiliadis opened singles play with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Laliberte at fourth singles.
Moriarty extended the Beacons advantage to 4-1 when she blanked Miah Reyes 6-0, 6-0 at fifth singles.
Chan clinched the victory with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Alexandria Floyd at second singles.
In the Beacons final win of the day, Albano knocked off Tenney 6-1, 6-3 at third-flight singles.
Salem cut the deficit to 6-2 when Startseva defeated Carney 6-2, 6-1 at number one singles.
In the final match of the day, Cassie Liu led
Skylar Robles (Spokane, Wash.) 6-4, 4-1 at sixth singles, before Robles was forced to retire due to an injury.
BY THE NUMBERS
- With her victory at fourth singles, Vassiliadis moved into a tie for 10th-place in program history in career singles wins (17).
- Kibiy earned her first collegiate victory with the win at third doubles.
- With the win, UMass Boston has won five of the past six meetings against the Vikings.
- Vassiliadis also ranks tied for 11th in overall wins (33) and tied for 13th in doubles victories (16).
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston will travel to conference foe Castleton University on Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m.
