SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Sept. 22) - The Nichols College women's tennis team kept its perfect season going with a 6-3 victory over Western New England College Tuesday afternoon. The Bison improved to 9-0 overall and 6-0 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) while the Golden Bears slip to 5-2 and 4-2.
Freshman Jillian McQuiggan (Weymouth, Mass.) led the visitors with a win at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles with senior Molly McGuire (East Sandwich, Mass.).
Freshmen Alexandra Cifone (Bristol, Conn.) and Megan Woodruff (Morris, Conn.) each remained undefeated in singles play with victories at the No. 3 and No. 6 positions.
Western New England College won a pair of singles matches in tie-breakers with senior Kelly Murnane taking the No. 4 flight and sophomore Christina Barbarisi the No. 5 singles match.
Barbarisi and freshman Linda Mustafa also posted a win at No. 3 doubles for the Golden Bears, dealing Woodruff and Maria Balabanova (Moscow, Russia) their first loss of the season.
Nichols will try to tie the program's single-season wins record (10) in a 4 p.m. match at Worcester State on Thursday afternoon.
Story courtesy Western New England College Sports Information
Tennis Match Results
Nichols vs Western New England College
09/22/09 at Springfield, Mass.
Nichols 6, Western New England College 3
Singles competition
1. Jillian McQuiggan (NC) def. Nicole DeSimone (WNEC) 6-0, 6-2
2. Molly McGuire (NC) def. Kristen Ayers (WNEC) 7-5, 6-4
3. Alexandra Cifone (NC) def. Linda Mustafa (WNEC) 6-2, 6-3
4. Kelly Murnane (WNEC) def. Maria Balabanova (NC) 1-6, 6-4, 10-4
5. Christina Barbarisi (WNEC) def. Chelsey Miller (NC) 2-6, 6-4, 10-7
6. Megan Woodruff (NC) def. Ashley Czelatka (WNEC) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Jillian McQuiggan/Molly McGuire (NC) def. Nicole DeSimone/Kristen Ayers (WNEC) 8-1
2. Alexandra Cifone/Chelsey Miller (NC) def. Kelly Murnane/Ashley Czelatka (WNEC) 8-3
3. Linda Mustafa/Christina Barbarisi (WNEC) def. Maria Balabanova/Megan Woodruff (NC) 8-6
Match Notes:
Nichols 9-0, 6-0 TCCC
Western New England College 5-2, 4-2 TCCC
Official: John Doherty
