Women’s Tennis Blanked by Roger Williams

BELMONT, Mass. – Suffolk women's tennis was shutout by Roger Williams, 9-0, Monday night as the Rams wrapped up a season-opening, three-match homestand at the Belmont Hill School.   

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Roger Williams 9
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-3) | Roger Williams (3-0)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Hawks quickly put three points on the board behind wins on the second and first doubles courts, respectively, and a default by the Rams on the third court.  

Singles played in Roger Williams favor as it sailed to the victory by taking the first four matches played on courts two through five.  

Ilda Ascic put up the biggest fight. The sophomore took the first set, 7-5, fell in the second to Alessia Cahoon and could not rally in the tiebreaker, 10-3, which sealed the Rams, 9-0 setback.  

RESULTS

SINGLES
1 – Alessia Cahoon (Roger Williams) defeated Ilda Ascic (Suffolk), 5-7, 6-3, 10-3
2 – Taryn Roche (Roger Williams) defeated Kendall Smith (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-0
3 – Heidi Martin (Roger Williams) defeated Jordan Miller (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-3
4 – Emma Place (Roger Williams) defeated Bianca Prescott (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0
5 – Morgan Crimmins (Roger Williams) defeated Alyssa Blade (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-1
6 – Riley Spillane (Roger Williams), won by default 

DOUBLES
1 – Alessia Cahoon/Heidi Martin (Roger Williams) def. Ilda Ascic/Kendall Smith (Suffolk), 8-5
2 – Jessica Magliato/Taryn Roche (Roger Williams) def. Jordan Miller/Bianca Prescott (Suffolk), 8-1
3 – Libby Bennett/Tanya Gianitsos (Roger Williams), won by default 

ORDER OF FINISH | Singles (5, 4, 2, 3, 1) | Doubles (2, 1)

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Roger Williams met for the fifth time overall since 2007 and first since 2017. 

LOOKING AHEAD
Suffolk travels for the first time in 2019 as it visits Rhode Island College Wednesday, Sept. 11 for a 3:30 p.m. non-conference clash.