Women Sweep Doubles Events for Tenth Victory
North Andover, Mass. – The Stonehill Women’s Tennis team (10-3, 6-1 Northeast-10 Conference) won their fourth straight match, defeating the Merrimack College Warriors (5-3, 2-1 Northeast-10 Conference), 7-2 Monday evening.
The women swept doubles competition on their to the 7-2 victory. Daniella Granato (Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) and Samantha Dircks (Stony Brook, N.Y./Ward Melville) got the ball rolling for the Skyhawks, defeating Stellina Saia and Amanda Carroll, 8-3. Granato went on to claim her eighth straight win at second singles, defeating Saia 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. Granato, a senior, is a perfect 7-0 in singles competition against NE-10 opponents.
Elise Clark (Spring Lake,
N.J./St. Rose), Allison
Bleankey (Lewistown, Maine/Lewistown) and Catie Ryan (Medfield, Mass./Medfield)
each earned individual wins in singles competition as well. Clark, a senior, improved
her personal record to a team-best 10-1 with her win at fourth
singles. Ryan, a
freshman, remained perfect in Conference action (7-0) with an 8-0
win over Brittany Holmes at sixth singles.
The women are right back to work tomorrow when they travel to
Southern N.H. for another Northeast-10 showdown. The match is scheduled for 3:30
PM.
Merrimack 2 Stonehill 7
First Doubles: Saia and Carroll lose to Granato and Dircks 8-3
Second Doubles: Dunn and Lamb lose to Herchel and Clark 8-6
Third Doubles: Dufour and Cahill lose to Ryan and Broderick 8-6
First Singles: Caitlin Dunn defeats Lindsey Herchel 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
Second Singles: Stellina Saia loses to Daniella Granato 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
Third Singles: Amanda Carroll defeats Sam Dircks 6-2, 6-2
Fourth Singles: Jessie Lamb loses to Elise Clark 6-4, 6-2
Fifth Singles: Elise Dufour loses to Alli Bleakney 6-2, 6-0
Sixth Singles: Brittany Holmes loses to Catie Ryan 8-0
