Division I Stonehill Bests Women’s Tennis, 7-0

BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's tennis team fell to Divison I Stonehill, 7-0, on Friday evening at the South Campus Courts. 

No. 2 doubles pairing Olivia Martinelli (Coral Springs, Fla.) and Ripley Uyeda (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) showed plenty of fight in a 6-4 doubles defeat.

From there, the Skyhawks continued to seize the momentum and never relinquished their lead. 

TOP QUOTE

"We got beat by a talented team today; credit to Stonehill. We were a little hard on ourselves, and I see a lot of growth potential regarding giving ourselves more grace when things aren't going our way," said Endicott women's tennis head coach Anthony D'Angelo.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Gulls enter 2024 as the top-ranked team in the Conference of New England (CNE) preseason poll. 
• Endicott will compete against four more Divison I or II opponents this fall (St. Michael's, Saint Anslem, Assumption, and Holy Cross).
• Today's match was played in conjunction with new NCAA-wide rules which only award one point for winning the doubles portion of the match (best of 3, one point).
• Freshmen Emily Leclerc (Manchester, N.H.) and Caroline Sutliffe (Duxbury, Mass.) made their Endicott debuts this evening.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (0-1) hosts St. Michael's on Tuesday, September 10 at 3:00 PM. Stonehill (1-0) visits Assumption on Thursday, September 12 at a time TBD. 

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)