Women’s Tennis Falls In Little East Conference Match

DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Despite picking-up an 8-6 win at second doubles, the Corsairs of UMass Dartmouth defeated women's tennis by the final of 8-1 Thursday afternoon at the UMD Tennis Courts.

THE BASICS
UMass Boston 1, UMass Dartmouth 8
UMass Boston (4-5, 3-3 Little East Conference)
UMass Dartmouth (5-5, 3-3 Little East Conference)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Vicky Woytowicz (Springfield, Mass.) and Kelsey Shea (West Bridgewater, Mass.) earned the lone point for the Beacons as they look set a new program mark for conference wins in a season with four. 

The duo defeated their UMD rivals by the final of 8-6 to keep the match even at 1-1.

The Corsairs would go into singles play with a 2-1 lead.  At first singles, Kristy Garcia (Miami, Fla.) battled back-and-forth with the Corsairs Jenna Lahaie, as the two went to a tiebreaker.  Lahaie would win the first set 7-6 (8-6), but Garica would take the second 6-3.  In the third, Lahaie earned a 10-2 victory to defeat Garcia.

Shea would also play a very close match as she dropped a 7-6 (8-6) decision in the first set, before falling to Samantha Rollings in the second by the final of 6-2.

BY THE NUMBERS

• UMass Boston sits just one conference win away from setting the program record for wins in a season.
• All-time the Beacons are 1-13 when facing the Corsairs, with the lone win coming in 2001
• With their win at second doubles Shea and Woytowicz improved to 4-5 on the year

WHO'S NEXT
The Beacons will travel to Bridgewater State University on Saturday for a 12 p.m. conference match.