Box Score MILTON, Mass.—In their first non-conference match in over two years, UMass Boston women's tennis swept Curry College 7-0 on Thursday afternoon at the Trent J. Scott Tennis Courts.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 7, Curry College 0
(UMass Boston 2-1)
(Curry College 2-5)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Sophomore
Meagan Carney (Arlington, Mass.) and junior
Lia Vassiliadis (Weymouth, Mass.) each went 2-0, to lead the Beacons past the Colonels.
Curry only had five players available to play in the match, so UMass Boston started with a 2-0 lead.
The Beacons opened doubles with a dominant win at second doubles. Freshman
Elena Albano (Harverhill, Mass.) teamed up with Vassiliadis for an 8-2 victory.
At number one doubles, UMass Boston's pair of sophomore
Lydia Chan (Quincy, Mass.) and Carney fell behind 6-3 early, only to force a tiebreak. In the tiebreaker, the Beacons swamped Curry's Alexandra Borkov and Samantha Ferrara 7-2 to win 8-7 (7-2).
UMass Boston continued to carry their momentum into singles play.
Senior captain
Meaghan Moriarty (Norton, Mass.) gave the Beacons a 5-0 advantage with a 6-0, 6-0 win at number five singles.
Vassiliadis made it 6-0 in favor of the visitors moments later, when she defeated Cayla Osowski 6-2, 6-0 at fourth singles.
In the final match to finish, Carney knocked off Ferrera 6-3, 6-0 at second-flight singles.
The final two matches of the afternoon were suspended due to rain.
At third singles, Albano was leading Grace Coopee 6-0, 5-3 and had match point when the match was suspended.
Curry's Borkov was leading Chan 6-4, 5-0 at number one singles when play was concluded.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Thursday's match was the first non-conference contest for the program in 735 days.
- Vassiliadis was making her season debut for the Beacons. She improved her career record to 30-4 in the match.
- With the win, UMass Boston improved to 3-4 all-time against Curry College. The Beacons have won three-straight over the Colonels.
- Carney and Chan stayed perfect on the season in the match. Carney is now 6-0, while Chan sits at 5-0. Moriarty is 3-0 in singles matches.
WHO'S NEXT
UMass Boston will return to conference action on Tuesday, when they travel to take on Bridgewater State University at 3 p.m.
