PLYMOUTH, N.H. - Freshman
Keira Hammond (Carmel, N.Y.) earned a hard-fought singles win but the visiting Western Connecticut State University Wolves lost, 6-1, to the Plymouth State University Panthers in Little East Conference (LEC) women's tennis action this afternoon at the Holderness School. WestConn falls to 3-9 overall and 1-5 in the LEC, while Plymouth State Improves to 7-4 overall and 3-3 in the league with their first win in three matches. The Wolves will visit conference rival Salem State next on Wednesday, October 14 at 3:30 p.m.
Plymouth State took a 1-0 lead after doubles play, sweeping the three matches. Hammond and graduate student
Lesley Coronel (Danbury, Conn.) batlled to the end at second doubles but ended with a 7-5 loss. In singles, Wolves junior
Kate Robinson came back from a 6-0 setback in her first set at the No. 3 spot and led, 5-4, before suffering a 7-5 loss in the second set. At fifth singles, Hammond rallied back from a 6-2 defeat in the opening set to win by the same score in the second and took the tiebreaker, 10-6. WestConn played without its top singles player and doubles starter, senior
Erickah Tertulien (Norwalk, Conn.).
"We were the most ready to play today as we have been all season, and it showed," said WestConn Head Coach
Shawn Stillman. "We were missing a starter from the lineup and it made it more challenging, as players were required to play out of place, but they battled hard. It was a playoff atmosphere and they rose their level."
