Match Results
DUDLEY, Mass. – The Nichols College women's tennis remained undefeated in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) with a 6-3 win over Gordon College Saturday afternoon at the Robinson Tennis Courts. Gordon lost for the first time all week, after handling Clark, Wentworth and Salem State over the last few days.

The day started off great for the Bison, taking two of three in the doubles matches.  The No. 1 doubles team of senior Anna Dyakiv (Amsterdam, N.Y.) and freshman Cristina Szepanski (Windsor Locks, Conn.) defeated freshman Cindi Flynn (Sunset Beach, Calif.) and her classmate Caroline Hall (Corona, Calif.), 8-6.

Junior Lindsay Benoit (Holden, Mass.) and freshman Emma Carey (Venice, Fla.) defeated sophomores Lily Drescher (Reading, Mass.) and Tawnie Yeaw (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) in No. 2 doubles action 8-4.
The Fighting Scots picked up their lone doubles win at No. 3 doubles when senior Jessie Dupre (North Billerica, Mass.) and freshman Abby Caron (Bedford, N.H.) defeated senior Erin Rivers (Bristol, R.I.) and sophomore Michele Keklik (Stratford, Conn.), 8-4.

At No. 1 singles, Hall defeated Dyakiv – the reigning CCC Player of the Week – in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.  This marks the first time Dyakiv has lost since the first match of the year against Wheaton, where she played in the No. 2 spot.

Nichols had no trouble at No. 2 or No. 3 singles with Benoit defeating Yeaw 6-1, 6-0, followed by Szepanski getting the best of Drescher 6-2, 6-3.  Gordon's Flynn defeated Carey 6-3, 7-5 in the No. 4 spot.
Nichols junior Kelsey Peterson (Fairbanks, Alaska) won at No. 5 singles, defeating freshman Rebecca Levy (Plymouth, Mass.) 6-0, 6-2, while at No. 6, junior Katie Malloy (Norwell, Mass.) finished 6-1, 6-4 over junior Hannah Damon (Mystic, Conn.).

The Fighting Scots (6-4, 2-2 CCC) will host Curry on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m in a match that will have direct implications in tournament seeding come October.