Women’s Tennis Tops Salem State, 7-2

SALEM, Mass. — The Endicott women's tennis team defeated Salem State University (SSU) by a 7-2 score on Thursday evening at the SSU Tennis Courts.

Endicott swept doubles behind wins at the No. 3 (8-2), No. 1 (8-3), and No. 2 (8-3) flights, respectively. The Gulls' doubles pairings were sisters Alexandra Barmore (Southington, Conn.) / Samantha Barmore (Southington, Conn.) at No. 3, Gretta Hartman (Glastonbury, Conn.) / Justine Hoover (Wallingford, Conn.) at No. 1, and Hayley Barnett (Marlboro, N.J.) / Reilly Fitzgibbons (Killingworth, Conn.) at No. 2.

Meanwhile, in singles action, Endicott took a 4-0 lead in the match via Lauren Rahr's (Waterford, Conn.) straight sets victory (6-0, 6-0) at No. 3 and later clinched the match on Margot Andreasen's (Portland, Maine) 6-0, 6-1 triumph at No. 4 after the Vikings picked up a win at the No. 2 position (6-0, 6-0). 

The Gulls also saw Alexi Losano (Saugus, Mass.) win 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5 and Cameron Foley (Lynnfield, Mass.) post a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 6.

TOP QUOTE

"That was a fun match with our neighbors that was highlighted by an epic three-setter at number one singles that went well past daylight," said Endicott women's tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. "It wasn't quite Federer/Nadal Wimbledon 2008, but it was definitely a great match to be a part of."

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Hoover fell to Anastasia Startseva (Volgograd, Russia) in the aforementioned "epic three-setter" at No. 1 singles by a 7-6 (12-10), 3-6, 11-9 score. It marks the first loss for Hoover all season in singles play (7-1 overall, 3-1 at No. 1, 4-0 at No. 2).
• Endicott ended Salem State's three-match winning streak with tonight's victory.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (9-0) travels to Curry College on Saturday, September 29 at 12 PM. Salem State (4-3) hosts UMass Dartmouth this Saturday at 1 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)