CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Suffolk women's tennis secured its first Commonwealth Coast Conference victory In thrilling fashion as it took down Curry, 5-4, Wednesday night at Belmont Hill. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 5 | Curry 4
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-4, 1-1 CCC) | Curry (0-6, 0-3 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk grabbed a 2-0 early on in doubles play. Nia Bebb and Angela Gross combined forces to best Grace Cooper and Cayla Osowski, 8-4, in the second slot to even the playing field before Anastasiya Zakharava and Alek Kickham defeated Sam Ferrara and Cate Pierce, 8-1, to send Suffolk in front.  

The Colonels captured their first point of the night as their top tandem of Sasha Bprkov and Serena Wilson took down Caren Urbano and Rachel Hill, 8-7 (7-2) to make it 2-1 Rams as the match transitioned into singles action.  

Zakharava's 6-0, 6-4, triumph over Osowski in the fifth singles slot extended the blue-and-gold's advantage to 3-1. 

From there, Curry earned wins on courts one, two and four in that order to put the Rams in 4-3 hole.  

Nia Bebb came up big for the blue-and-gold as the freshman compiled a 6-0, 6-7(4-7), 6-4 win against Ferrara in the third position to tie things up at 4-all. 

Everything came down to the sixth spot where Kickham faced Pierce. The freshman from West Roxbury's first collegiate singles win was the difference maker as she put together a 6-1, 6-2 triumph to push Suffolk past the Colonels.  

RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Sasha Borkov/Serena Wilson (Curry) defeated Caren Urbano/Rachel Hill (Suffolk), 8-7 (7-2) 
2 – Nia Bebb/Angela Gross (Suffolk) defeated Grace Cooper/Cayla Osowski (Curry), 8-4
3 – Anastasiya Zakharava /Alex Kickham (Suffolk) defeated Sam Ferrara/Cate Pierce (Curry), 8-1

SINGLES
1 – Sasha Borkov (Curry) defeated Caren Urbano (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-2
2 – Serena Wilson (Curry) defeated Rachel Hill (Suffolk), 7-4, 4-6, 6-4
3 – Nia Bebb (Suffolk) defeated Sam Ferrara (Curry), 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4
4 – Grace Cooper (Curry) defeated Angela Gross (Suffolk), 1-6, 0-1, won by retirement
5 – Anastasiya Zakharava (Suffolk), defeated Cayla Osowsi (Curry), 6-0, 6-4
6 – Alex Kickham (Suffolk) defeated Cate Pierce (Curry), 6-1, 6-2

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

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk moved to 2-1 all-time against Curry. 
• The Rams defeated the Colonels for the first time since the inaugural meeting, Sept. 18, 2021. 
• It is the first time that the Suffolk, Curry match was decided via a 5-4 decision. 
• As the home team, the Rams are unbeaten (2-0-0) against the Colonels. 
• Suffolk secured its first win over Curry under Drew Goldstein's guidance. 
• The victory is the Rams first CCC triumph in the Goldstein era and is Suffolk's second-ever, first since it bested Curry, 6-3, Sept. 18, 2021. 
• Prior to first serve, Suffolk honored its two seniors, Urbano and Gross. 
• Bebb notched her first collegiate golden set. 
• Zakharava logged her second golden set of the season, third of her collegiate career, two of which came in the second slot. 
• Kickham picked up her first collegiate singles win.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk concludes its three-game stretch in three days at Bridgewater State tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 28 at 3:30 p.m.