WESTON, Mass. – Anastasiya Zakharava was the only Ram to record a point as Suffolk women's tennis dropped an 8-1 decision to Regis at the Regis Tennis Courts Tuesday afternoon.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Regis 8
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-4) | Regis (2-3)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pride held a 6-0 lead as it swept doubles play and secured victories in singles spots six, four and one in that order.  

Zakharava eliminated the shutout for Suffolk when she bested Sophi Machado, 6-3, 6-2, from the fifth court to put the Rams on the board. 

Regis registered the next two singles points at the second and third positions, respectively, for the 8-1 final.  

RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Kiana Thompson/Stephanie Beatrice (Regis) defeated Caren Urbano/Rachel Hill (Suffolk), 8-5
2 – Samantha Gevry/Harmony Lopez (Regis) defeated Nia Bebb/Angela Gross (Suffolk), 8-5
3 – Sophi Machado/Nora Connor (Regis) defeated Anastasiya Zaharava/Alex Kickham (Suffolk), 8-6

SINGLES
1 – Kiana Thompson (Regis) defeated Caren Urbano (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
2 – Stephanie Beatrice (Regis) defeated Rachel Hill (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-0
3 – Harmony Lopez (Regis) defeated Nia Bebb (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-3
4 – Samantha Gevry (Regis) defeated Angela Gross (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
5 – Anastasiya Zakharava (Suffolk) defeated Sophi Machado (Regis), 6-3, 6-2
6 – Nora Connor (Regis) defeated Alex Kickham (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0 

ORDER OF FINISH: Doubles (2, 3, 1) | Singles (6, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3)  

NOTEWORTHY

• The Rams and Pride met for the first time since 2019. 
• Suffolk moved to 5-6 against Regis since 2005.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk hosts Curry tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 27 in a Commonwealth Coast Conference affair at 6:30 p.m. at Belmont Hill.