NEWPORT, R.I. – The Salve Regina University women's tennis team picked up a 9-0 win over Wentworth Institute of Technology in Commonwealth Coast Conference action Saturday afternoon.
The Seahawks won two of the three doubles matches by 8-0 scores to set the tone early. At No. 3, senior Anna Godshalk (Orleans, Mass.) teamed with sophomore Erin Stangel (Old Saybrook, Conn.) for an 8-0 win over sophomores Beverly LaChapelle (Caracas, Venezuela) and CiCi Deakin (Standish, Maine). No. 1 doubles saw freshmen Lauren Harvey (Edmond, Okla.) and Makenzie Sadler (Mystic, Conn.) pick up an 8-1 win over sophomore Ali Sollecito (Taunton, Mass.) and senior Ellen Butts (Brookfield, Mass.). The hosts finished the doubles sweep with an 8-0 win at No. 2 as senior Abigail Burke (Harwich, Mass.) and senior Darcy Carlin (Brewster, Mass.) defeated junior Olivia DeLuca (Dracut, Mass.) and sophomore Hannah Erickson (Columbia, Conn.), 8-0.
Stangel defeated Deakin at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-0, to make it 4-0 in favor of Salve Regina before sophomore Laura Krick (Groton, Conn.) clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-0 win over LaChapelle at No. 4. Harvey picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win over Sollecito at No. 1, Sadler was a 6-0, 6-1 winner over Butts at No. 2, junior Shealyn FitzPatrick (South Windsor, Conn.) earned a 6-1, 6-1 win over Erickson, and Burke was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over DeLuca.
Wentworth (0-9, 0-5 CCC) hosts Curry on Tuesday night.
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