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Nighthawks Drop Season Series to Pride
The Newbury College women's tennis team dropped the season series to Regis College, 5-4, at The Mount Auburn Tennis Club in New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) action, Thursday afternoon. Before the match, the Nighthawks honored senior Kristen Conners (Riverside, R.I.), who was competing in her final home match of her collegiate career, for her four years of dedication to the program.
Conners, who had 15 career doubles victories to start the day, opened up the afternoon with her doubles partner junior Jennifer Swafford (Merrimack, N.H.) and defeated the Pride tandem of Elora Granados (Chillcothe, Texas) and Paige Pasley (Dorchester, Mass.), 8-4. Juniors Alexandra Derderian (North Smithfield, R.I.) and Julie MacLeod (Buffalo, N.Y.) followed suit claiming another 8-4 victory in second singles, holding off MJ Barron (Whitinsville, Mass.) and Kendall Kolb (Plymouth, Mass.).
Once again MacLeod was paired with freshman Vanneyra Chum (Lowell, Mass.) in fourth singles and for the second time this season she came away with the win despite Chum taking the Upstate New York native to three sets after falling down, 6-1 in the first set. Swafford picked up the fourth victory for the Nighthawks as she kept Regis second year Caroline Roche (Hanover, Mass.) off balance in second singles.
But it was not enough to pull out their second victory of the season. Grandados used just two sets to defeat Conners in first singles while Barren held off Derderian in third singles.
The loss drops Newbury to 1-12 on the season and 1-7 in the NECC while Regis moves back to .500 on the season in the conference and 4-7 overall. The Nighthawks will return to the courts tomorrow afternoon when against Mitchell College on the road in New London, Conn. at 3:00 p.m. while the Pride will also see the Mariners in their next match on Saturday October 15th.
- Photo by: Samantha Yanofsky
