Box Score

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Nichols College men's tennis team defeated Emerson 7-2 in non-conference action Sunday afternoon at the Robinson Tennis Courts.
 
The Bison have now won 11-consecutive matches with their last loss coming to Babson back in mid-September.
 
Senior captains Emma Carey (Venice, Fla.) and Cristina Szepanski (Windsor Locks, Conn.) opened things up for the Bison as they won at No. 2 doubles 8-0 over Alex Weingarten and Rachel Scalera. The win for Szepanski ties her with freshman Lindsey Kaplan (Boca Raton, Fla.) for the most doubles wins in a season in program history (21).
 
The Bison won No. 3 doubles by default to take a 2-0 lead, however, dropped the top flight doubles match with freshman Amarie Settiwongse (Bangkok, Thailand) and junior Ashley Dallaire (East Bridgewater, Mass.) falling to Sabrina Jacobs and Alisha Parikh, 8-6.
 
Nichols rolled through the singles matches – winning No. 6 singles by default and taking four of the other five. The only win for the Lions came at No. 4 singles as Weingarten was able to defeat Kaplan, 8-4.
 
Settiwongse won the top flight, 8-3, over Jacobs followed by freshman Megan Nathanson (Scarborough, Maine) taking care of business at No. 2 singles over Parikh, 8-6.
 
Junior Daniela Saldarriaga (Medellin, Colombia) won at No. 3 singles 8-4 over Scalera and freshman Isabelle Leonardi (North Hampton, N.H.) defeated Jolin Cheng, 8-4, at No. 5 singles.
 
All-Time Series
This was the first time the Bison and Lions have played each other since the 1995 season with Nichols now leading the all-time series, 3-0.
 
Next Games
Emerson (6-10) – season over
Nichols (16-2) – Tuesday, April 25 at Holy Cross, 3:30 p.m.