Women's Tennis Downs UMass Dartmouth, 6-3

NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass.-Visiting Bridgewater State won two of the three doubles matches and four of six singles flights as the Bears defeated UMass Dartmouth, 6-3, in a Little East Conference women's tennis match on Wednesday afternoon.

The Corsairs dropped to 7-4 and 4-3 in the Little East Conference with the defeat, while the Bears improved to 10-1 and 7-0 in the LEC with the victory.

The Bears grabbed the upper hand after play was resumed by winning at number one and number two doubles. Play had been suspended with all three doubles matches in progress due to inclement weather on October 4th. BSU then won four singles matches to clinch the victory.

Bridgewater came through at the top of the singles lineup. Sophomore Jenna Williamson (Ludlow, MA) defeated sophomore Nicole Pelletier (Swansea, MA) at number one singles, 6-3, 6-4; senior Bridget Murphy (Mattapoisett, MA) downed senior Courtney Morey (Mashpee, MA) at number two singles, 6-4, 6-3; and junior Julie Kraby (Wrentham, MA) defeated sophomore Angela Pollard (Portsmouth, RI) at number three singles, 6-4, 6-4.

Williamson and junior Ashley Pereira (Assonet, MA) teamed for an 8-4 victory at first doubles, while Murphy and Kraby posted an 8-6 decision at the second flight.  Bridgewater also received a 6-1, 6-0 sixth singles win from freshman Melissa Flynn (Stoneham, MA)

Freshman Hannah Schulze (Chelmsford, MA) and junior Liz Girczyc (Attleboro, MA) put the Corsairs on the board with an 8-6 triumph at number three doubles. Schulze earned a 7-5, 6-0 win at fifth singles, and sophomore Allison Furtado (Fairhaven, MA) downed Pereira at number four singles, 4-6, 6-4, 11-9, winning a super-tiebreaker.

UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host Western Connecticut State Friday. Bridgewater State will visit Salem State on Saturday with the Little East regular season title on the line.  Both teams are unbeaten in conference play heading into the final match of the regular season.