Salem State Spoils Women’s Tennis’ Season Opener, 6-1

SALEM, Mass. – Suffolk women's tennis fell to Salem State, 6-1, in its season debut Saturday afternoon at the Central Tennis Courts.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Salem State 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-1) | Salem State (1-1)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Salem State earned the doubles point after besting the Rams' top tandem and No. 3 pair.  

In singles action, the Vikings ran through courts four, three, two, five and one in that order to make it a 6-0 SSU. 

With the decision already decided, Elene Nishnianidze bested Alanna Bonneau in the sixth slot, 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 10-6, for the 6-1 final

RESULT
DOUBLES
1 – Madison Sartori/Kenzie McLaren (Salem State) defeated Caren Urbano/Megha Tenneti (Suffolk), 6-4
2 – Rachel Hill/Nia Bebb (Suffolk) defeated Abigail Laliberte/Erin Curristin (Salem State), 6-2
3 – Ryann Tripp/Alanna Bonneau (Salem State) defeated Jaylin Hills/Aastha Shah (Suffolk), 6-2 

SINGLES
1 – Madison Sartori (Salem State) defeated Caren Urbano (Suffolk), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
2 – Kenzie McLaren (Salem State) defeated Megha Tenneti (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-0
3 – Ryan Tripp (Salem State) defeated Nia Bebb (Suffolk), 6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
4 – Abigail Laliberte (Salem State) defeated Rachel Hill (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-4
5 – Erin Curristin (Salem State) defeated Chloe Pszenny (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-4
6 – Elene Nishnianidze (Suffolk) defeated Alanna Bonneau (Salem State), 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 10-6 

Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2, 1), Singles (4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 6)  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk opened the Zack Goodstein era. 
• The Rams met Salem State for the first time in program history. 
• Hills, Shah, Tenneti, Pszenny and Nishniandize all made their debuts.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is idle until Tuesday, Sept. 17 when it visits Gordon to get Conference of New England (CNE) play underway at 3:30 p.m.