Worcester, Mass. – Host Clark University swept all three doubles matches en route to a 7-2 win over Worcester-area rival Anna Maria in non-league women's tennis action on Wednesday afternoon at the Corash Tennis Courts.
The win for the Cougars not only snaps a 14-match losing streak that dated back to September of last season, but gives new head coach Laurance Kimbrough his first collegiate coaching victory.
Meanwhile for the AMCATS, the loss sends them to 0-2 on the season in advance of their home opener on Thursday against UMass-Dartmouth.
The Scarlet and White opened up with Misa Mai (Sanford, Maine) and Emma Coppes (Muncy, Pa.) teaming up to knock off Marrissa Leonard (Billerica, Mass.) and Jess Palmer (Sutton, Mass.), 8-2 at No. 3. That was followed by Kera Snyder (Portland, Maine) and Rebecca Kravetz (Wayland, Mass.) combining to move past Nicole Goudreau (Harrisville, R.I.) and Callie Mulcahy (Charlton, Mass.), 8-3, at No. 2.
No. 1 singles was a back and forth affair between Anna Maria's tandem of Jessica Gautieri (North Attleboro, Mass.) and Nicole Zamira (Mashpee, Mass.) and Clark's Isabelle Long (Bellevue, Wash.) and Stephanie Gallant (Charlton, Mass.). In the end however, the Cougars prevailed, taking the showdown, 9-8.
Anna Maria got on the board in singles action where Goudreau was able to topple Kravetz 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2 and Mulcahy breezed past Gallant, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4.
Everything else was all Clark led by Long, who dispatched of Gautieri, 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1.
Sarah Clay (Ossippee, N.H.) followed suit with an easy 6-1, 6-0 win over Leonard at No. 5 and Mai made quick work of Freya Sprous (Ware, Mass.) at No. 6, 6-0 and 6-0.
Clark will next be in action on Saturday when they travel to Babson for their New England Women's And Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) opener with the Beavers.
