Women’s Tennis Drops 4-3 Beantown Battle to Emerson
Suffolk women’s tennis fell to its Boston Commons neighbor Emerson, 4-3, Tuesday at the Rivers School.
WESTON, Mass. – Suffolk women's tennis fell to its Boston Commons neighbor Emerson, 4-3, Tuesday at the Rivers School.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Emerson 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-9) | Emerson (1-4)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions leapt out to a 1-0 lead as they swept doubles play.
The gap grew to three as Emerson captured the sixth and second singles slot.
Caren Urbano put Suffolk on the board as the Rams' ace topped Amya Briones, 6-4, 7-5.
Chloe Pszenny took down Jayden Beverly, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, at No. 5, before Rachel Hill leveled the playing field with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Chase Stinson on the fourth court.
Everything came down to Nia Bebb in the third position. Suffolk's sophomore won the first set, 6-4, but slipped in the next two to Alisa Pimenova, 6-2, 6-3, which gave Emerson the victory.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Abigail Miner/Chase Stinson (Emerson) defeated Caren Urbano/Megha Tenneti (Suffolk), 6-3
2 – Amaya Briones/Kendi Bispham (Emerson) defeated Nia Bebb/Rachel Hill (Suffolk), 6-4
3 – Carlson Jones/Alisa Pimenova (Emerson) defeated Chloe Pszenny/Elene Nishniandize (Suffolk), 6-3
SINGLES
1 – Caren Urbano (Suffolk) defeated Amaya Briones (Emerson), 6-4, 7-5
2 – Abigail Miner (Emerson) defeated Megha Tenneti (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-0
3 – Alisa Pimenova (Emerson) defeated Nia Bebb (Suffolk), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
4 – Rachel Hill (Suffolk) defeated Chase Stinson (Emerson), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
5 – Chloe Pszenny (Suffolk) defeated Jayden Beverly (Emerson), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
6 – Carlson Jones (Emerson) defeated Elene Nishnianidze (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2, 1) | Singles (6, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3)
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk concludes the regular-season Thursday, Oct. 10 at UMass Dartmouth at 3:00 p.m.