NORTH READING, Mass. – The Suffolk women's tennis team put together a near perfect match to sweep Albertus Magnus in GNAC action Friday night at North Reading High School.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 9, Albertus Magnus 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-3, 1-1 GNAC) | Albertus Magnus (1-2, 0-1 GNAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Back-to-back golden doubles matches on courts two and three gave Suffolk the first two points of the night.Elena Cisneros Garcia and Kendall Smith bested Nallely Magana and Cassie Courture in the second spot before Meagan French and Jordan Miller downed Tiffaneee Gardner and Tia Brianna Belnavis in the third position.
Delany Dunlap and Ilda Ascic teamed up as the Rams' top tandem for an 8-4 victory over Jessica Coughlin and Izzy Sabino to send the Rams into singles play up 3-0.
Miller carried over the momentum with a golden match in spot five over Gardner to set up match point, which was clinched by a 6-0, 6-1 victory by Smith on court four against Couture.
From there, Cisneros Garcia notched a golden match on court three against Magana and Bean shutout Belnavis in the sixth slot.
Dunlap downed Coughlin, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 and Ascic defeated Sabino, 6-2, 6-2 in the second spot to seal the sweep for Suffolk.
RESULTS
SINGLES
1 – Delaney Dunlap (Suffolk) defeated Jessica Coughlin (Albertus Magnus), 6-0, 6-1
2 – Ilda Ascic (Suffolk) defeated Izzy Sabino (Albertus Magnus), 6-2, 6-2
3 – Elena Cisneros Garcia (Suffolk) defeated Nallely Magana (Albertus Magnus), 6-0, 6-0
4 – Kendall Smith (Suffolk) defeated Cassie Couture (Albertus Magnus), 6-0, 6-1
5 – Jordan Miller (Suffolk) defeated Tiffanee Gardner (Albertus Magnus), 6-0, 6-0
6 – Emily Bean (Suffolk) defeated Tia Brianna Belnavis (Albertus Magnus), 6-0
DOUBLES
1 – Delaney Dunlap/Ilda Ascic (Suffolk) defeated Jessica Coughlin/Izzy Sabino (Albertus Magnus), 8-4
2 – Elena Cisneros Garcia/Kendall Smith (Suffolk) defeated Nallely Magana/Cassie Couture (Albertus Magnus), 8-0
3 – Meagan French/Jordan Miller (Suffolk) defeated TIffanee Gardner/Tia Brianan Belnavis (Albertus Magnus), 8-0
ORDER OF FINISH: Singles (5, 4, 3, 6, 1, 2) | Doubles (2, 3, 1)
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk has rattled off 17 straight victories over Albertus Magnus to take a 22-4 all-time series lead dating back to 1993.
- The Rams swept the Falcons for the 16th time, improving to 15-1 all-time versus Albertus Magnus in sweeps.
- Suffolk opened its GNAC slate with a victory for the second straight season and moved to 6-7 in its league debut since 2007.
- The Rams and Falcons met in their first conference contest of the season for the first time.
LOOKING AHEAD
Suffolk is back in action tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 14 when it lifts the lid on its GNAC schedule against Albertus Magnus. The conference clash is set to begin at 4 p.m. at North Reading High School.