Women’s Tennis Season Comes to an End as they Fall to No. 1 Rhode Island College 5-1 in LEC Semifinal Action

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Worcester State University women’s tennis team dropped a heartbreaking 5-1 loss to the undefeated No. 1 seeded Rhode Island College Anchorwomen Thursday afternoon in the Little East Conference (LEC) semifinal round.

October 19, 2017

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Worcester State	Rhode Island College
Score	1	5

Doubles

Dayna Reilly / Laurel Ten Eyck def. Nathalie Khafaga / Dominique Alves 8-1
Alexis Silk / Emma Collings def. Katherine Braganca / Emily Orticerio 8-4
Grace Zangari / Victoria Vittori def. Rachel Green / Marisa Lombardi 8-3

Singles

Dayna Reilly def. Lauren Taylor 6-0 , 6-0
Grace Zangari def. Nathalie Khafaga 6-2 , 2-6 , 6-0
Katherine Braganca def. Alexis Silk FINAL - UNFINISHED
Laura Nastasi def. Dominique Alves FINAL - UNFINISHED
Hailey Raskob def. Rachel Green FINAL - UNFINISHED
Laurel Ten Eyck def. Monika Mularski 6-1 , 6-1

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Worcester State University women's tennis team dropped a heartbreaking 5-1 loss to the undefeated No. 1 seeded Rhode Island College Anchorwomen Thursday afternoon in the Little East Conference (LEC) semifinal round.

THE BASICS

October 19, 2017

Rhode Island College Tennis Center

Score: Rhode Island College 5, Worcester State 1

Records: Rhode Island College (15-0) | Worcester State (9-6)

THE MATCH

Rhode Island College came away with a 2-1 lead following doubles play as partners of Dayna Reilly (Swansea, Mass.)/Laurel Ten Eyck (Warwick, R.I.) and Grace Zangari (Saunderstown, R.I.)/Victoria Vittori (New Bedford, Mass.) defeated Worcester's Nathalie Khafaga (Auburn, Mass.)/Dominique Alves (Ludlow, Mass.) and Rachel Green (Worcester, Mass.)/Marisa Lombardi (Ludlow, Mass.) at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, respectively. The Lancers did see a win at the No. 2 doubles flight as Alexis Silk (Greenfield, Mass.) and Emma Collings (Marion, Mass.) were victors of an 8-4 match against Katherine Braganca (Pawtucket, R.I.) and Emily Orticerio (Smithfield, R.I.).

The Anchorwomen sealed the win at singles when they saw three consecutive wins at No. 1, No. 2, and No. 6 singles. Rhode Island College's Reilly shutout Lauren Taylor (Attleboro, Mass.) 6-0, 6-0, in straight sets, and then Ten Eyck defeated Monika Mularski (Auburn, Mass.) 6-1, 6-1 for the second singles win of the day. Rhode Island College's Zangari clinched the win as she forced a third set with Khafaga and came out on top 6-0.

COACHES CORNER

"The outcome of this afternoon's match does not reflect the incredible season we had," stated head coach Courteney Blais. "The chemistry and depth of this team was special. We built on the success from last year, and I look forward to what next season will bring."

Blais mentioned, "Our seniors (Green and Silk) played their hearts out this fall and will be sorely missed!"

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