ENC Women’s Tennis Prevails in Crucial CCC Match Over Curry, 6-2

Recap, photo courtesy of ENC

QUINCY, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College women's tennis team collected its first conference win of the season, defeating Curry 6-2 Friday afternoon at the ENC Tennis Courts.

The Lions improve to 3-6 on the year and 1-4 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. The Colonels drop to 1-8 overall and 0-6 in league matches.

The home side notched a pair of doubles victories to claim a 2-1 lead.

Adele Duval (Redding, Calif.) and Lindsey Steelman (Darlington, Md.) earned their team-leading fourth doubles win of the season, topping Keeley Hardy and Kayla Prete at the top spot 8-2.

Jordan Cressman (Bowmanstown, Pa.) and Veronica Jimenez(Lynn, Mass.) downed Laura Ferris and Katelyn Harrington 8-4 at the No. 2 position.

Hannah Lariviere (Biddeford, Maine) and Julie Sutton(Middletown, Conn.) absorbed an 8-6 loss at the third slot to Jennifer Dube and Stephanie Leblanc.

Eastern Nazarene tallied four victories in singles action to clinch its first league win.

Duval posted a 6-3, 6-3 win at the No. 1 position over Hardy. Steelman bested Prete at the second slot 6-4, 6-0.

Cressman edged Ferris 7-6, 7-5 in the third singles match while Jimenez captured a 7-5, 6-3 victory at the fourth spot against Harrington.

Sutton fell to Leblanc at the No. 5 position 7-6, 6-1.

Lariviere trailed 4-0 in the second set at the No. 6 slot against Alexis Mclea-Perry when the match was halted due to darkness.

"A fantastic team effort today! I could not be more proud of the girls, they gave everything on the court today," said head coach Cris Popa.

Up next, the Lions hit the road for a league tilt at Endicott September 24.