Women’s Tennis Continues Shutout Streak With 9-0 Defeat Of Nichols

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Endicott women’s tennis team shut out its fourth straight opponent on Tuesday evening as the Gulls earned a 9-0 conference victory over Nichols College at the Robinson Tennis Courts.

September 22, 2015

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Endicott	Nichols
Score	9	0

Doubles

Mackenzie Rhodes / Maxine Bergstein def. Lauren Candia / Ashley Dallaire 8-3
Margot Andreasen / Hayley Barnett def. Cristina Szepanski / Daniela Saldarriaga 8-6
Reilly Fitzgibbons / Lauren Rahr def. Michelle Keklik / Emma Carey 8-0

Singles

Hayley Barnett def. Lauren Candia 6-1 , 6-1
Margot Andreasen def. Cristina Szepanski 6-4 , 7-6 (9-7)
Reilly Fitzgibbons def. Ashley Dallaire FINAL - RETIREMENT
Gillian Freter def. Daniela Saldarriaga 6-3 , 6-0
Maxine Bergstein def. Emma Carey 6-0 , 6-2
Mackenzie Rhodes def. Tiffany Romano 6-0 , 6-0

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Endicott women's tennis team shut out its fourth straight opponent on Tuesday evening as the Gulls earned a 9-0 conference victory over Nichols College at the Robinson Tennis Courts.

In doubles play, freshmen Reilly Fitzgibbons (Killingworth, Conn.) and Lauren Rahr (Waterford, Conn.) cruised to an 8-0 win at No. 3 to start off the match for the Blue and Green.

Junior Mackenzie Rhodes (Rye, N.H.) and sophomore Maxine Bergstein (Hingham, Mass.) quickly added to the lead with an 8-3 triumph at No. 1, while freshmen Margot Andreasen (Portland, Maine) and Hayley Barnett (Marlboro, N.J.) went on to clinch the doubles sweep with a hard-fought, 8-6, victory over Cristina Szepanski (Windsor Locks, Conn.) and Daniela Saldarriaga (Medellin, Columbia) at the No. 2 position.

In singles action, Bergstein promptly gave Endicott a 4-0 advantage in the match at No. 5 with a 6-0, 6-2 decision. Barnett then proceeded to put the victory in the books shortly thereafter for the Gulls with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph at No. 1 singles against Lauren Candia (Anaheim Hills, Calif.).

Freshman Gillian Freter (Scituate, Mass.), Fitzgibbons, and Rhodes all won their respective matches (No. 4, No. 3, No. 6) by only dropping a combined five games, while Andreasen earned a gritty 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) decision over Szepanski at the No. 2 position to highlight the rest of the winners for Endicott.

TOP QUOTE

"This was a convincing win for our squad today," said Endicott women's tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. "Our freshmen and our upperclassmen really stepped up today against a tough Nichols squad. We will be back to work tomorrow with another tough match against Colby-Sawyer at home."

#OhHeyThatsNice

Endicott has won its last four matches by 9-0 scores defeating Salve Regina (9/15), Curry (9/16), Salem State (9/18), and now Nichols (9/22) in the process.
The Gulls have produced five shutouts this season, which only stands three shutouts shy of tying last year's mark that spanned over 19 matches (including postseason play).
Fitzgibbons has won six matches in a row at singles.
Bergstein and Rhodes are both on five-match winning streaks in singles.
Six student-athletes on the roster are currently undefeated in singles play. Those student-athletes are Barnett (4-0), Bergstein (5-0), Bridget Cott (1-0), Katie Javaruski (1-0), Rahr (2-0), and Rhodes (5-0).
In CCC matches only, Endicott has a combined singles and doubles record of 39-6 (26-4 singles, 13-2 doubles).
In the last five years in the all-time series, Endicott holds a 6-3 record overall including a 4-0 mark in CCC Championship title matches.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (7-1, 5-0 CCC) hosts Colby-Sawyer College tomorrow in non-conference action at 3:30 p.m. Nichols (6-2, 4-2 CCC) travels to Roger Williams on Saturday, September 26 for a CCC matchup at 12 p.m.

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