SCOTS POST 9-0 VICTORY OVER SALEM STATE

WENHAM, Mass.— Salem State suffered a 9-0 result to Gordon College on Thursday afternoon at the Brigham Athletic Complex. The Fighting Scots received straight-set wins across the board in the singles.

Gordon's Abbie Denney (Peoria, Ariz.) and Justine Hanson (Meadow Vista, Calif.) managed an 8-1 win to put the first point on the board over Madeline Allaire (Columbus, OH) and Ann Spence (Attleboro, MA). Maddie Berry (Paso Robles, Calif.) and Gabby Brucker (Eleva, Wisc.) followed suit with an 8-2 win at the second flight over Cassie Morrison (Clinton, MA) and Kristin Klimowicz (Ipswich, MA) , while Haley Bean (Trumbull, Conn.) and Emily Ontiveros (Sylmar, Calif.) doubled up their opponents 8-4.

Kaelyn Hall (Sugar Land, Texas) showed well with a 6-1, 6-3 result over Allaire (Columbus, Ohio) at first singles while Emily Leahy (Lake Zurich, Ill.) blanked her opponent at the fifth flight.

Bean stayed unbeaten on the day with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Spence at the third singles flight to bring Gordon to the brink of victory. Abby Caron (Bedford, N.H.) came through for Gordon with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at the two spot to clinch the match overall, defeating Morrison 6-1, 6-1.

Brucker and Ontiveros closed out the sweep with solid wins at fourth and sixth singles respectively.

The Vikings (0-5) will look to get into the win column next Tuesday when they host Worcester State at 3:30 p.m. Gordon (4-3) has a busy weekend with the ITA New England Regional tournament on Friday and a Commonwealth Coast Conference match at Western New England on Saturday at noon.

Gordon 9, Salem St. 0
09/22/16 at Wenham, Mass. (Brigham Courts)
Singles competition
1. Kaelyn Hall (GC) def. Madeline Allaire (SSU) 6-1, 6-3
2. Abby Caron (GC) def. Cassie Morrison (SSU) 6-1, 6-1
3. Haley Bean (GC) def. Ann Spence (SSU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Gabby Brucker (GC) def. Meredith Macdonald (SSU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Emily Leahy (GC) def. Kristin Klimowicz (SSU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Emily Ontiveros (GC) def. Ashley Lon (SSU) 6-1, 6-3


Doubles competition
1. Abbie Denney/Justine Hanson (GC) def. Madeline Allaire/Ann Spence (SSU) 8-1
2. Maddie Berry/Gabby Brucker (GC) def. Cassie Morrison/Kristin Klimowicz (SSU) 8-2
3. Haley Bean/Emily Ontiveros (GC) def. Meredith Macdonald/Melina Mavroforos (SSU) 8-4



Match Notes
Salem St. 0-5
Gordon 4-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,2,5,1,4,6)
T-2:00 A-50