WOMEN'S TENNIS: Regis, USJ Hold Home Court With GNAC Tourney First-Round Victories

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Courtesy of USJ Athletics Communications

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – The fourth-seeded University of Saint Joseph (USJ) women's tennis team took care of business at home and defeated the fifth-seeded Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) Lions, 5-1, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament First Round match Wednesday afternoon at the Elizabeth Ferry Speer Tennis Complex. With the victory, the Blue Jays improve to 6-6 overall on the season and advance to the GNAC Semifinals for the first time since 2016. They will travel and play first-seeded Colby-Sawyer College in the semifinals on Saturday in New London, N.H. at 1:00 p.m.

COACH QUOTE [Karen Piazza: "The team is thrilled to have won today! They have practiced and played so hard all season and it paid off with a postseason victory this afternoon. We are looking forward to the semifinals on Saturday against Colby-Sawyer."

DOUBLES
1. Kathleen Gilland/Emily Kerr (USJ) def. Maria Busila/Katie Cawthorne (ENC) 8-6
2. Elaina Griffiths/Ananya Srivatsav (USJ) def. Jenna Schlosser/Kari Bollinger (ENC) 8-0
3. Krista Signs/Mya Landry (ENC) def. Julia Michaud/Maria Porth (USJ) 8-7 (7-3)

SINGLES
1. Maria Busila (ENC) & Kathleen Gilland (USJ) 6-4, 1-3, unfinished
2. Emily Kerr (USJ) def. Jenna Schlosser (ENC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Elaina Griffiths (USJ) def. Kari Bollinger (ENC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Katie Cawthorne (ENC) & Ananya Srivatsav (USJ) 7-6 (7-3), unfinished
5. Julia Michaud (USJ) def. Krista Signs (ENC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Madison Rearick (ENC) & Jenna Griffith (USJ) 6-3, unfinished

UP NEXT
USJ's postseason run continues as the fourth-seeded Blue Jays make their first appearance in the GNAC Semifinals since 2016 and will travel to take on the first-seeded Colby-Sawyer College Chargers at Kelsey Courts on Saturday, October 16. First serve is slated for 1:00 p.m.

Courtesy of Regis Athletics Communications

WESTON, Mass. – Regis College, the third seed in the 2021 Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Tournament, defeated sixth seed Albertus Magnus College, 5-0, Wednesday evening in a first round tournament match at the Regis Tennis Courts.

The Pride swept through the doubles sets, winning all three of them with the same 8-0 score. The team of Kaeleigh FitzPatrick (South Windsor, Conn.) and Samantha Gevry (Dudley, Mass.) completed their contest first, followed by the duo of Stephanie Beatrice (Rockland, Mass.) and Kaitlyn Colby (Merrimac, Mass.) and the combination of Katelyn Mogelnicki (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Lauren Mogelnicki(Wethersfield, Conn.).

FitzPatrick quickly picked up Regis' fourth point of the contest with a straight-set victory at number six singles without losing a single game (6-0, 6-0). Colby clinched the match for the Pride at number five singles by defeating her opponent in straight sets (6-2, 6-0). Beatrice and Gevry had won the first set and were ahead in the second set of their respective matches, while both Mogelnicki sisters held first set leads when play was stopped once the contest reached decision.

Albertus Magnus (1-7) has road matches scheduled at Vaughn and at York to conclude its fall schedule.

Regis College (6-4) heads to Daly Field in Brighton, Mass., to face second seed Simmons University in the GNAC Tournament semifinals Saturday, Oct. 16, starting at 12 p.m. The Sharks pulled out a 5-4 victory over the Pride during the regular season meeting Sept. 25 thanks to a three-set victory in the final singles match to be completed.