Women’s Tennis Tops Nichols In Hard-Fought Victory, 6-3

BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women’s tennis team defeated Nichols, 6-3, on Thursday evening in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play at the South Campus Courts.

September 28, 2023

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Nichols	Endicott
Score	3	6

Doubles

Ripley Uyeda / Lejla Guster def. Antonia Carrero / Charis Vogler 8-6
Samantha Hartmann / Olivia Martinelli def. Jordan Knowles / Kelley Carlin 8-7 (7-2)
Johanna Schroeder / Sofia Leonardi def. Kaitlin Fitzgibbons / Shelby Henry 8-6

Singles

Lejla Guster def. Charis Vogler 6-3 , 6-2
Johanna Schroeder def. Ripley Uyeda 6-3 , 6-4
Olivia Martinelli def. Cora Brosch 6-1 , 6-3
Shelby Henry def. Sofia Leonardi 6-0 , 6-2
Kaitlin Fitzgibbons def. Jordan Knowles 7-6 (8-6) , 6-4
Camila Magrin def. Amber Woods 6-4 , 1-6 , 1-0 (10-5)

BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's tennis team defeated Nichols, 6-3, on Thursday evening in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play at the South Campus Courts.

In doubles flights, the hosts took a 2-1 advantage to capture momentum heading into singles.

Endicott's No. 1 doubles duo of Ripley Uyeda (Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif.) / Lejla Guster (Wethersfield, Conn.) earned a gritty 8-6 victory. At No. 2, Samantha Hartmann (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.) / Olivia Martinelli (Coral Springs, Fla.) produced a hard-earned 8-7 (7-2) triumph.

In singles, the Blue and Green continued their winning ways courtesy of No. 3 Martinelli and No. 1 Guster behind scores of 6-1, 6-3, and 6-3, 6-2, respectively.

Endicott's deep lineup proved to be the difference as No. 4 Shelby Henry (Lincoln, Neb.) clinched the victory for the second straight match (6-0, 6-2), while No. 5 Kaitlin Fitzgibbons (Nashua, N.H.) rounded out the scoring (7-6 (8-6), 6-4).

TOP QUOTE

"Today was a good test. It was competitive and chippy, at times, but that's college tennis. Our 13 student-athletes are very together, and it's been helping us with facing adversity", said Endicott women's tennis head coach Anthony D'Angelo.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

The Blue and Green lead the all-time series, 24-15 (based upon available data).
The Gulls have won the last five matchups dating back to 10/26/2019.
Hartmann and Martinelli manufactured their first win as a doubles pairing (1-0).
With this evening's win, Uyeda / Guster tied Henry / Fitzgibbons for most doubles victories this season with two.
Martinelli generated her first singles victory in 2023-24.
The trio of Henry, Guster, and Fitzgibbons are all tied for a team-best three singles wins this fall.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (3-1, 2-0 CCC) hosts Western New England on Saturday, September 30 at 12:00 PM. Nichols (3-1, 2-1 CCC) welcomes Curry to its campus this Saturday at 1:00 PM.

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(Photo Credit - David Le '10)