CASTLETON, Vt. (Oct. 7, 2026) – The UMass Boston Beacons women's tennis team rolled to a 7-0 sweep of the Vermont State Castleton Spartans in Little East Conference action on Wednesday at the Castleton Tennis Courts.

With the victory, UMass Boston improves to 6-3 overall (4-1 LEC) and the Spartans drop to 4-6 (1-4 LEC).

HOW IT HAPPENED:
At No. 1 doubles, the duo of Tatiana Malone (South Dennis, Mass.) and Delilah Castro (Horizon City, Texas) notched a 6-3 victory. Mila Pipkin (Bradenton, Fla.)/Valerie Cuenca (Miami, Fla.) added a 6-1 win in second doubles action and Kaya-Lilliana Rutkowski (Berlin, Conn.)/Annabelle Douyon (Wimauma, Fla.) posted a 6-4 victory in third doubles.

Malone defeated Castleton's Olivia Rutkowski by a 6-2, 6-1 score at No. 1 singles and Pipkin got the best of Grace Pluff in a 6-0, 6-3 decision at No. 2 singles.

In No. 3 singles, Cuenca registered an impressive three-set victory (6-4, 3-6, 10-7) versus Maggie McKearin.

Other winners for UMass Boston included Castro with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles and Kathy Roqueza (Holyoke, Mass.) who captured a straight-set (6-0, 6-1) match at No. 5 singles.

Aleyna Yilidirim (New York, N.Y.) also took a 6-1, 6-1 decision in sixth singles.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
The Beacons have now defeated the Spartans in eight consecutive matches dating back to Oct. 10, 2018.

Yilidirim has won all six of her singles matches thus far.

UP NEXT:
UMass Boston hits the road to face UMass Dartmouth in a crucial LEC match on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 12 p.m.

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