Gulls Overcome by Plymouth State

Plymouth, NH-- The Endicott Gulls lost to the Plymouth State Panthers in a hard fought match. The winning doubles team of Eulalia Zukas and Jessica Kalafatis had an exciting head to head match going to 8-8 and winning the tiebreaker (7-2).

The Gulls were competitive in several other matches especially the doubles team of Carli Conners and Nicole Leveille. The match was neck and neck and the two were up 8-7 serving for the match but got broken, forcing the match into a tiebreaker. The Gulls lost the tiebreaker (5-7), but it was close up until the final 2 points.

Another very close match was between freshman Nicole Leveille against her high school teammate Jill Deyermond. The first set was very close and went to 6-6, Nicole lost the tiebreaker (5-7), but not without a hard fight. The second set was also close but as the sun was setting and the courts became wet, due to rain, Nicole succumbed at 4-6.

The Gulls play Wentworth Institute on Saturday October 2, at Wentworth. The match begins a 12:00pm.

Singles
\#1 Whitney O'Leary (PSU) def. Carli Conners (EC), 4-6, 6-2, (10-5)
\#2 Erica Huckins (PSU) def. Stephanie Branch (EC), 6-2, 6-3
\#3 Jill Deyermond (PSU) def. Nicole Leveille (EC), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4
\#4 Rachel Xavier (PSU) def. Bridget Poulsen (EC), 6-4, 6-4
\#5 Sarah Cole (PSU) def. Eulalia Zukas (EC), 6-1, 6-1
\#6 Liz Duell (PSU) def. Jessica Kalafatis (EC), 6-2, 6-0

Doubles
\#1 O'Leary/Huckins (PSU) def. Conners/Leveille (EC), 9-8 (7-4)
\#2 Xavier/Deyermond (PSU) def. Branch/Paulson (EC), 8-2
\#3 Zukas/Kalafatis (EC) def. Duell/Ashley Gorman (PSU), 9-8 (7-2)