Women’s Tennis Tripped up at Endicott, 8-1

BEVERLY – Suffolk women's tennis dropped an 8-1 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) contest to Endicott Saturday afternoon on the Gulls' South Campus Courts.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Endicott 8
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-4, 1-2 CCC) | Endicott (3-1, 3-1 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Endicott grabbed every doubles match including a golden match in the second slot to take a 3-0 advantage into singles play. The Gulls rolled with five straight wins on courts two through six to quickly lock up the match and grab an 8-0 lead.  

Graduate student Sarah Mezini managed to eliminate the shutout with a third set tiebreaker on the top court. She grabbed set one, 6-3, loss the second game by an identical margin, and picked up the win to put the blue-and-gold on the board with a 14-12 third-set decision.  

RESULTS
SINGLES
1 – Sarah Mezini (Suffolk) defeated Justine Hoover (Endicott), 6-3, 3-6, 14-12
2 – Lejla Guster (Endicott) defeated Ilda Ascic (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-1
3 – Ripley Uyeda (Endicott) defeated Kendall Smith (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
4 – Shelby Henry (Endicott) defeated Barbara Consales (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
5 – Olivia Berler (Endicott) defeated Giuliana Claus (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-0
6 – Kaitlin Fitzgibbons (Endicott) defeated Bianca Prescott (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-2 

DOUBLES
1 – Lejla Guster/Ripley Uyeda (Endicott) defeated Sarah Mezini/Ilda Ascic (Suffolk), 8-6
2 – Olivia Berler/Shelby Henry (Endicott) defeated Kendall Smith/Barbara Consales (Suffolk), 8-0
3 – Isabela Miani/Yolanda Mendonca (Endicott) defeated Dyani Mosquera/Alyssa Blade (Suffolk), 8-6 

RDER OF FINISH – Singles (2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 1) | Doubles (2, 3, 1) 

NOTEWORTHY

• The Rams and Gulls met for the eighth time overall, first since 2007. 
• Mezini remains unbeaten in singles action this season.

COMING UP
Suffolk makes the trip to Roger Williams Wednesday, Sept. 29 for a 4 p.m. first serve.