The Johnson & Wales University women's tennis team posted a 5-4 victory against Suffolk in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest at the Moses Brown courts on Saturday afternoon.

JWU trailed 2-1 after doubles play with freshman Samantha Jo Borr (Westfield, N.J.) and fellow rookie Stephanie Piperis (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) recording a 9-7 win at the No. 1 doubles spot.

In singles play, the two took wins at No.1 with a commanding 6-0, 6-0 victory by Borr and a 6-2, 6-4 win by Peperis at the No. 2 spot.  Peperis' match would prove to be the deciding one as the contest was tied 4-4 before that decision for the Wildcats.  Freshman Elizabeth Sammelbraun (Evanston, Ill.) had a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 5 for JWU while sophomore Ansley Sego (Naperville, Ill.) wrapped up the singles victories for JWU, winning 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 6 spot.

Freshman Adrianna Garrett (Plymouth, Mass.) recorded a pair of wins for Suffolk, teaming with senior Rebecca Copeland (Bristol, R.I.) for an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles.  She also posted a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 4 singles in the loss for the Rams.
 
With the win Johnson & Wales improves to 4-5 on the season and 3-2 in the GNAC while Suffolk falls to 3-5 for the year and 3-3 in league play.  The Wildcats will return to action on Monday, October 10th when they travel to Albertus Magnus for a GNAC contest, starting at 1:00 p.m.