Women’s Tennis Shuts Out Salem State, 9-0

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women’s tennis team pushed its winning streak to six straight matches on Friday evening with a clean 9-0 victory over Salem State University.

September 18, 2015

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Salem St.	Endicott
Score	0	9

Doubles

Mackenzie Rhodes / Maxine Bergstein def. April McDermott / Cassie Morrison 8-1
Alexi Losano / Gillian Freter def. Ann Spence / Hillary Gustafson 8-0
Katie Javaruski / Reilly Fitzgibbons def. Jennifer Nassise / Melina Mavroforos 8-2

Singles

Hayley Barnett def. April McDermott 6-0 , 6-1
Margot Andreasen def. Cassie Morrison 6-0 , 6-1
Gillian Freter def. Ann Spence 6-1 , 6-0
Alexi Losano def. Hillary Gustafson 6-0 , 6-0
Mackenzie Rhodes def. Jennifer Nassise 6-0 , 6-0
Katie Javaruski def. Conor Deedy 6-1 , 6-0

VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH HEAD COACH JEREMY HOWARD

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women's tennis team pushed its winning streak to six straight matches on Friday evening with a clean 9-0 victory over Salem State University.

The Blue and Green's play in singles highlighted the non-conference match today as the Gulls only dropped four games total.

Freshmen Alexi Losano (Saugus, Mass.) turned in a 6-0, 6-0 triumph at the No. 4 position against senior Hillary Gustafson (Belchertown, Mass.), while junior Mackenzie Rhodes (Rye, N.H.) dominated at the net for a swift 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 over Jennifer Nassise (North Easton, Mass.).

Losano and Rhodes' teammates Hayley Barnett (Marlboro, N.J.), Margot Andreasen (Portland, Maine), Gillian Freter (Scituate, Mass.) and Katie Javaruski (Mansfield, Conn.) all claimed wins at their respective positions in the lineup (No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 6) by only dropping one game to their opponent.

In doubles, Rhodes teamed up with sophomore Maxine Bergstein (Hingham, Mass.) for an 8-1 triumph at No. 1, while Losano and Freter were victorious in the No. 2 position by an 8-0 score. Javaruski and freshman Reilly Fitzgibbons (Killingworth, Conn.) came away with an 8-2 win at No. 3 to wrap up the doubles sweep for Endicott.

TOP QUOTE

"Another clean sheet for the women's team today to give us a 3-0 week against some solid competition," said Endicott women's tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. "I am certainly proud of how we competed all week, but now we will mix up the next few days with some rest and practice in order to gear up for Nichols on Tuesday."

#OhHeyThatsNice

The Gulls are now 4-1 in their last five matches against Salem State.
Rhodes, Freter, Losano, and Javaruski were all double winners for Endicott.
Javaruski picked up her first win of the season at singles and doubles, respectively, this evening.
Rhodes and Bergstein are currently on a four match winning streak at the No. 1 doubles position.
Endicott has now shut out its opponent (9-0) in three straight matches, and four times total this season.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (6-1) travels to Nichols College on Tuesday, September 22 to take on the Bison in a conference match at 4 p.m. Salem St. (0-3) visits Worcester State University next Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.

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