Wildcats Fall to Becker in Tennis Championships: Bay Path Finish Runners Up
LEICESTER, Mass.- The #1 seeded Becker College women's tennis team captured their third consecutive New England Collegiate Conference championship with a 7-2 win over #2 seeded Bay Path College. The Wildcats hold two titles (2008 & 2010) and two runners-up nods from 2009 & 2011.
The win marks the Hawks sixteenth win in a row, completing their season with a 16-1 record. The loss drops Bay Path to 11-3.
In doubles play, Becker seniors Megan Nessen
(Levittown, Penn.) and Laura Mimms (Ashland,
Mass.) defeated Symone
Watson (Hamden, Conn.) and Sarah Costa
(Tiverton, R.I.) 8-3. In number two doubles action, Becker's tandem
of Shauna McNally (Worcester, Mass.) and
Nicole Connolly (Scarborough, ME.) soared past
Stephanie
Morin (Springfield, Mass.) and Lianna
Loveitt (Gorham, ME.) 8-0. The Hawks completed the
sweep of doubles when Courtney Johnson (Auburn, ME.) and Lianna
Woodbury (South Dennis Mass.) clawed past Teanna
Montoya (Edgartown, Mass.) and Tara
Mullane (Pomfret, Conn.) 8-4.
In singles competition, Megan Nessen finished her Becker career on
a positive note, defeating Sarah Costa 6-0, 7-5. In number
two singles action, freshman Nicole Connolly finished the season
with an impressive 15-1 record after defeating Symone Watson 6-0,
6-3. Becker seniors Laura Mimms and Shauna McNally also finished
their final matches in royal and white, defeating their respective
opponents Stephanie Morin and Teanna Montoya.
Bay Path was able to salvage the fifth and sixth singles sets.
Lianna Loveitt defeated Lianna Woodbury in a hard fought third set
tiebreaker 10-5. In the sixth singles set, Tara Mullane of Bay Path
defeated Jessica Burdick (Clinton, Mass.) in straight sets 6-3,
6-1.
Following the championships game, New England Collegiate Conference
Commissioner Del Malloy announced the 2011 NECC
Women's Tennis All-Tournament Team. The singles selections were
freshman Elora Granados (Chillicothe, TX.) from
Regis College, sophomore Emily Scolaro (Peabody,
Mass.) from Lesley University, Sarah Costa, Tara Mullane and
Lianna Loveitt from Bay Path College, and Nicole Connolly and
Megan Nessen from Becker College. The doubles selections were
Sarah Costa and Symone Watson from Bay Path and Courtney
Johnson and Lianna Woodbury from Becker. Megan Nessen rounded out
the awards by being name the tournament Most Valuable Player.
NECC Women's Tennis Championships
Semifinals- Friday, October 21, 2011
#1 Becker (15-1) defeated #4 Regis (5-9) 5-0
#2 Bay Path (11-2) defeated #3 Lesley (5-8) 5-1
Championship- Saturday, October 22nd at
Becker
#1 Becker (16-1) defeated #2 Bay Path (11-3)
7-2
Tennis Match Results
Bay Path College vs Becker
Oct 22, 2011 at Leicester, MA.
Becker 7, Bay Path College 2
Singles competition
1. Megan Nessen (BCWT) def. Sarah Costa (BPWT) 6-0, 7-5
2. Nicole Connolly (BCWT) def. Symone Watson (BPWT) 6-0, 6-3
3. Laura Mimms (BCWT) def. Stephanie Morin (BPWT) 6-2, 6-1
4. Shauna McNally (BCWT) def. Teanna Montoya (BPWT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Lianna Loveitt (BPWT) def. Lianna Woodbury (BCWT) 6-3, 4-6,
10-5
6. Tara Mullane (BPWT) def. Jessica Burdick (BCWT) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Megan Nessen/Laura Mimms (BCWT) def. Symone Watson/Sarah Costa
(BPWT) 8-3
2. Shauna McNally/Nicole Connolly (BCWT) def. Stephanie
Morin/Lianna Loveitt (BPWT) 8-0
3. Courtney Johnson/Lianna Woodbury (BCWT) def. Teanna Montoya/Tara
Mullane (BPWT) 8-4