MILTON, Mass. (Mar. 31) – The Nichols College women's tennis team won its 14th match in a row and 21st of the season in a 6-0 non-conference victory at Curry Thursday afternoon.

Nichols pulled out three doubles wins and on the singles side got a shutout victory from Anna Dyakiv (Amsterdam, N.Y.) at the top flight, and 6-2, 6-2 wins from Jillian McQuiggan (Weymouth, Mass.) at the second spot and Megan Woodruff (Morris, Conn.) at the sixth flight to take the match.

McQuiggan and Chelsey Miller (Salem, Conn.) were 8-6 winners at top doubles, while Dyakiv and Maria Balabanova (Moscow, Russia) continued their stellar season with an 8-5 second doubles victory. Alex Cifone (Bristol, Conn.) and Woodruff were 8-6 winners at the third flight.

Nichols is idle until the NCAA Tournament in May, for which the Bison qualified as the The Commonwealth Coast Conference champions on October 23.

Tennis Match Results
Nichols vs Curry
3/31/2011 at Milton, Mass.

Nichols 6, Curry 0

Singles competition
1. Anna Dyakiv (NC) def. Megan Mulrooney (CC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Jillian McQuiggan (NC) def. Emily Mongello (CC) 6-2, 6-2
3. Alexandra Cifone (NC) vs. Lauren Chuha (CC) no result
4. Chelsey Miller (NC) vs. Kathleen Rush (CC) no result
5. Maria Balabanova (NC) vs. Kate Johnson (CC) no result
6. Megan Woodruff (NC) def. Devin Curley (CC) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Chelsey Miller/Jillian McQuiggan (NC) def. Emily Mongello/Lauren Chuha (CC) 8-6
2. Anna Dyakiv/Maria Balabanova (NC) def. Megan Mulrooney/Kate Johnson (CC) 8-5
3. Alexandra Cifone/Megan Woodruff (NC) def. Elizabeth Zarkades/Devin Curley (CC) 8-6

Match Notes:
Nichols 21-1
Curry 10-9