Colby Tops Women’s Tennis, 5-3

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott women's tennis team fell to Colby College by a 5-3 score on Saturday afternoon at the South Campus Tennis Courts. Today's match marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

Colby jumped out to a 2-1 advantage in doubles, before winning three straight singles matches (No. 3, No. 1, No. 2) to earn its first victory of the 2016-17 season. Endicott (2-2, 2-0 CCC) received victories at No. 2 doubles from sophomores Hayley Barnett (Marlboro, N.J.) and Margot Andreasen (Portland, Maine), and at No. 4 and No. 6 singles via sophomore Lauren Rahr (Waterford, Conn.) and senior Mackenzie Rhodes (Rye, N.H.), respectively.

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"Today's match was a really hard fought battle against a quality NESCAC opponent," said Endicott women's tennis head coach Jeremy Howard. "I'm happy with where the team is four matches into the season, so now we will use the remainder of the weekend to relax before taking on Nichols next Wednesday."

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• Barnett and Andreasen won their doubles match by a 9-8 (7-3) score to move their career mark as a pairing to 14-5 overall.
• Rahr, who defeated her opponent 6-0, 6-2, is now 5-2 in her career and 2-1 at the No. 4 position this season.
• Rhodes's gritty 1-6, 6-2, 11-9 triumph over Colby's Emily Dyckman (Princeton, N.J.) was the 27th of her career.
• Sophomore Gillian Freter (Scituate, Mass.) was well on her way to winning her third singles match of the season at the No. 5 position, but her match went unfinished due to rain. Freter held a 7-6 (7-3), 4-2 lead before play was halted for good.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (2-2, 2-0 CCC) hosts Nichols College in a conference matchup on Wednesday, September 14 at 3:30 p.m. Colby (1-0) travels to Simmons today at 4 p.m. for a non-conference contest. 

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