Wildcats Claw Nighthawks 8-1 in NECC Women’s Tennis Action

LONGMEADOW, Mass.- The Wildcats of Bay Path College ground the Nighthawks of Newbury College 8-1 in New England Collegiate Conference women's tennis action today . Bay Path opened up taking all three doubles matches to grab the early lead for the Wildcats.
 
In the #1 spot senior duo Julia Bendzin (Poestenkill, N.Y.) and Kara Fox (Biddeford, Maine) teamed up for an 8-4 win over the Nighthawk senior Jillian Wojtowicz (Palmer, Mass.) and her sophomore partner Kristen Connors (Riverside, R.I.). In the two spot, the tandem of senior Cristina Ruiz (Waterbury, Conn.) and sophomore Sarah Costa (Tiverton, R.I.) easily won 8-2 over freshman Alex Derderian (North Providence, R.I) and junior Stephanie Valentine (Pleasant Valley, Conn.). Finally in the #3 doubles flight sophomore Lianna Loveitt (Gorham, Maine) and junior Carolina Ynguanzo (Springfield, Mass.) downed freshmen Jennifer Swafford  (Merrimack, N.H.) and Lisa Velez (Cambridge, Mass.) 8-6.
 
Bay Path took all the singles matches except the #5 spot where Swafford proved victorious over Loveitt winning 6-1, 6-1 for the Nighthawks lone point for the match
 
In the #1 flight Bendzin won 6-1, 6-1, while Ynguanzo also won 6-4, 6-4 in the #4 flight. In the #2 flight Ruiz put up a fight winning 7-5, 6-4.  In the # 3 flight Costa won by Derderian retiring after a 4-2 first set.  Fox rounded out the wins at the #6 spot defeating Velez 7-5, 6-1.
 
Bay Path advances to a 6-2 overall record and 3-1 in the NECC, while Newbury falls to 5-5 on the season and 2-2 in conference play. The Wildcats will be back on the road facing NECC rival Becker this Saturday October 3rd at 1:00 p.m. start. Newbury will host Lesley at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

- Game story provided by Christa Parulis-Kaye - Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations, New England Collegiate Conference