Women's Tennis Falls 8-1 At Chestnut Hill
NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Merrimack women's tennis team was defeated on Friday afternoon by the score of 8-1 on the road at Chestnut Hill. With the loss, Merrimack drops to 1-1 on the season.
Playing with only five players for the second straight match the Warriors were forced to forfeit one doubles match and one singles match, trailing 2-0 right off the start.
Shakee Messina (Caracas, Venezuela) was the lone Warrior to win a match on the afternoon as she downed her opponent by the score of 3-6, 6-3 and 10-3. Senior Mollie Fitzgerald (Melrose, Mass.) put up a solid fight in her singles match but was defeated by the score of 2-6, 5-7. Katie Veasey (Atkinson, NH) competed in only singles, falling 6-1, 6-1.
The Warriors were not able to pick up a doubles victory on the afternoon as Messina and Rachel Muller (North Andover, Mass.) were defeated 8-5 and FitzGerald and Kara Hole (Portsmouth, RI) were beat 8-1.
The Warriors will return to action tomorrow as they will travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to take part in the ITA Regionals.
Doubles:
Shakee Messina/Rachel Muller lost 8-5
Mollie Fitzgerald/Kara Hole lost 8-1
3rd doubles lost by default
Singles:
Messina won 3-6,6-3,10-3
Hole lost 6-1,6-0
Muller lost 6-0,6-0
FitzGerald lost 2-6,5-7
Veasey lost 6-1,6-1
6th singles lost by default
