DARTMOUTH, Mass. (Oct. 10, 2026) – The UMass Boston Beacons women's tennis team won five of the six singles matches en route to a 6-1 win over the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs in a crucial Little East Conference (LEC) match on Saturday.
With the victory, the Beacons improve to 7-3 (5-1 LEC) and sit in second place in the conference standings with two regular season matches remaining. UMass Dartmouth falls to 8-5 (4-2 LEC).
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The duo of
Tatiana Malone (South Dennis, Mass.) and
Zainab Patel (Ahmedabad, India) notched a 6-4 victory at No. 1 doubles, while
Delilah Castro (Horizon City, Texas) and
Karina Khalsa (South Yarmouth, Mass.) added a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles to clinch the point for the Beacons.
Patel got the best of the Corsairs' Magali Breur with a 6-2, 6-2 victory in first singles and
Sofia DaSilva Askew (Springfield, Mass.) added a 6-2, 6-2 win of her own in second singles.
At No. 3 singles, Malone swept the first set and added a 6-4 win in the second for a victory over Alyson Tobias.
Mila Pipkin (Bradenton, Fla.) notched a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 4 singles and Castro defeated Ava Aguiar 6-4, 6-1 at No. 5 singles to secure the win.
Khalsa dropped a heartbreaking three-set match (5-7, 6-4, 4-10) at sixth singles for UMass Boston.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
The Beacons have won 10 straight matches against UMass Dartmouth dating back to a 5-4 win on Oct. 5, 2019.
Patel posted her eighth singles victory of the season with seven of those wins coming in straight sets.
Malone and Patel have posted a 7-1 record in doubles play thus far.
UP NEXT:
UMass Boston will host Southern Maine on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at the Milton Academy Tennis Courts with action slated to get underway at 3:30 p.m.
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