Bay Path tops Mitchell Women’s Tennis 7-2

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Mitchell College women's tennis team dropped a conference match to Bay Path College by a 7-2 final on Friday afternoon at the Mitchell College Tennis Courts.

Bay Path (9-1 overall, 7-1 NECC) clinched at least a share of the NECC regular season title with the victory. The Wildcats won two of three doubles points and took five of the six singles matches. Symone Watson (Hamden, Conn.) and Carolina Ynguanzo (Springfield, Mass.) led the charge, each contributing wins in both doubles and singles action.

Mitchell's lone doubles point came at the No. 1 spot, where freshman Mackenzie Flanagan (San Anselmo, Calif.) and senior Kelly Walsh (Philadelphia, Pa.) defeated Lauren Hangasky (Ludlow, Mass.) and Sarah Costa (Tiverton, R.I.) by an 8-5 final. The Mariners' top doubles squad has won its last three matches and improved to 4-3 in conference play.

Hangasky rebounded to hand Flanagan her first conference loss of the season at No. 1 singles. The two split sets before darkness set in, and the match concluded with a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a third set. Hangasky took the tiebreaker by a 16-14 margin.

Costa also avenged her doubles defeat with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Walsh at No. 2 singles. The rest of the Wildcats' singles victories came in straight sets.

Junior Lauren Rowley (Seattle, Wash.) turned in the only point for the Mariners in singles play. She defeated Lianna Loveitt (Gorham, Maine) by finals of 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 to earn her second conference win of the season.

Mitchell (0-11 overall, 0-7 NECC) closes out conference play at Lesley University on Saturday, October 9 at 1 p.m. Bay Path will conclude its regular season by hosting MCLA on Saturday at 1 p.m.