September 12, 2017

Women's Tennis Drops Season Opener to Eastern Nazarene

Sophomore Carly Scanlon (Canton, Mass.) won at both singles and doubles, but it wasn't enough as the Regis (Mass.) women's tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to Eastern Nazarene on Tuesday night in its season opener at the ENC Tennis Courts.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Regis (Mass.)	Eastern Nazarene
Score	3	6

Doubles

Adele Duval / Emily Ruttkowski def. Katasha Jarvis / Ariana McCormack 8-2
Carly Donovan / Carly Scanlon def. Jordan Cressman / Lindsey Steelman 9-8 (7-5)
Veronica Jimenez / Alecia Tubbs def. Amy DiPace / Sara Kanarkiewicz 8-1

Singles

Emily Ruttkowski def. Carly Donovan 2-6 , 7-5 , 11-9
Adele Duval def. Katasha Jarvis 6-7 (4-7) , 6-2 , 10-8
Lindsey Steelman def. Ariana McCormack 1-6 , 6-0 , 10-4
Carly Scanlon def. Jordan Cressman 6-0 , 6-1
Veronica Jimenez def. Amy DiPace 6-4 , 6-4
Kailey Myers def. Alecia Tubbs 6-1 , 6-4

QUINCY, Mass. - Sophomore Carly Scanlon (Canton, Mass.) won at both singles and doubles, but it wasn't enough as the Regis (Mass.) women's tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to Eastern Nazarene on Tuesday night in its season opener at the ENC Tennis Courts.

With the loss, the Pride falls to 0-1 on the season, while the Lions improve to 3-0 on the year.

Scanlon and freshman Carly Donovan (Harwich, Mass.) picked up a key win at No. 2 doubles to avoid a doubles sweep, winning in a tie break 9-8 (7-5) over Eastern Nazarene's Lindsey Steelman (Darlington, Md.) and Jordan Cressman (Bowmanstown, Pa.).

Scanlon followed up the crucial win at doubles with a dominating performance in singles play. The sophomore defeated Cressman 6-0, 6-1 from the number four position. Also picking up a win in singles play was sophomore Kailey Myers (Norwalk, Calif.), who won at No. 6 singles, defeating Alecia Tubbs (Rochester, N.Y.) 6-1, 6-4.

The Pride appeared primed for a victory, but Eastern Nazarene came from behind at first, second and third singles to win in tie-breakers after dropping the first set.

The Pride will be back in action on Saturday, playing Lesley University in a rematch of last season's New England Collegiate Conference Championship match at 10:00 a.m. at the Regis Tennis Center. Eastern Nazarene will look to maintain its unblemished record by hosting Rhode Island College on Thursday afternoon.

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