DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The UMass Dartmouth women's tennis team took down Clark University by a final score of 4-3 on Tuesday afternoon to continue their unbeaten streak. The Corsairs improved to a 4-0 overall record this season with the victory over the Cougars who suffered their first loss of the year.
In doubles action, junior
Zuri Walters and sophomore
Sofia Beltran secured the first win on No. 1 doubles defeating their opponents 6-3. Sophomores
Maddie Gonzalez and
Saige Croce sealed the Corsairs 1-0 lead heading into singles play after handing Crisi Patel and Amanda Keith a 6-4 loss in the No. 2 doubles spot.
UMass Dartmouth soon fell behind after Amy Marin and Varvara Maltseva picked up wins in No. 6 and No. 5 singles, respectively. Croce battled in the opening set against Patel in No. 4 singles and would even the match up at 2-2 with her 7-5, 6-2 victory.
Keith regained the Cougars advantage after forcing a third set in No. 3 singles to make it 3-2. Walters even the score again for UMass Dartmouth with her 6-1, 7-5 win over Merielle Kane in No. 2 singles action to set up Gonzalez as the deciding point.
Gonzalez won the first set by a 6-2 margin before falling in the second set 6-4 against her Cougar counterpart Larkin Gardinier. After falling behind 2-0 in the final set, Gonzalez would go on to win the next six straight points to clinch the Corsairs win by a 4-3 final score.
The Corsairs are on the road for their second Little East Conference matchup against Plymouth State University on Saturday, Sept. 14 starting at 1:00 pm.
