Women's Tennis Earns 6-3 Win over Rival Bentley

NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Merrimack women’s tennis team used a strong doubles performance to defeat Bentley 6-3 Sunday afternoon in a big conference match.

Bentley dropped to 8-7, 7-2 NE-10 with the loss.

Christina Lucin picked up two more wins, including a 6-1, 6-0 singles victory to improve to 4-0 this week. Caitlin Dunn and Elise Dufour also won both of their matches over the rival Falcons.

Merrimack (5-4, 4-1 NE-10) visits Southern New Hampshire Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the first of three conference matches in as many days.

Women- Merrimack vs. Bentley

Doubles Winner Score
1) Caitlin Dunn/Amanda Carroll Merrimack 8-2
Vs.
Fleszar/Haggerty

2) Cristina Lucin/Stellina Saia Merrimack 8-2
Vs.
Gilbride/Mader

3) Courtney Garvey/Elise Dufour Merrimack 8-4
Vs.
Hollot/Murphy

Singles Winner Score
1) Caitlin Dunn vs. Kelly Fleszar Merrimack 6-1, 6-1
2) Cristina Lucin vs. Heather Haggerty Merrimack 6-1, 6-0
3) Stellina Saia vs. Marcia Gillbride Bentley 6-4, 2-6 (10-8)
4) Amanda Carroll vs. Andrea Hollot Bentley 6-4, 6-3
5) Elise Dufour vs. Kara Murphy Merrimack 8-5
6) Nora Cahill vs. Ellen Mader Bentley 8-1

Final Score: 6 3