Women's Tennis Falls to Bentley 6-3; Showdown Sunday for Playoff Berth
WALTHAM, MA – Searching for a Northeast-10 Tournament
berth, the Merrimack women's tennis team lost to Bentley 6-3
on Saturday afternoon.
Merrimack's victories all came from Cristina Lucin and Caitlin Dunn, who each won
their singles' matches and teamed for an 8-6 doubles
victory.
The Warriors battle Assumption on Sunday in Worcester in their
final regular season match, and the winner will advance to the
Northeast-10 Tournament as the eighth and final seed, while the
loser will see their season end. Both teams are 5-7 in the
conference this season.
At Waltham, Mass.
Bentley 6, Merrimack 3
Doubles
No. 1 Caitlin Dunn/Cristina Lucin (M) def. Kelly Fleszar/Rachel
Harbert (B) 8-6 No. 2 Kara Murphy/Ellen Mader (B) def. Mollie Fitzgerald/Kylie Waddington (M) 8-2 No. 3 Cheryl Martin/Brittany
Harbert (B) def. Erin McMahon/Courtney Garvey (M) 8-3
Singles
No. 1 Lucin (M) def. Fleszar (B) 6-0, 6-1 No. 2 Dunn (M) def.
Paulina Sotomayor (B) 6-3, 6-0 No. 3 Murphy (B) def. Garvey (M)
6-3, 6-1 No. 4 Rachael Litton (B) def. Waddington (M) 6-0, 6-2 No.
5 Martin (B) def. Fitzgerald (M) 4-6, 7-5, 10-8 No. 6 B. Harbert
(B) Allison Lydon (M) 6-2, 6-0
