Junior Katie Crowley did not drop a game on the afternoon and won a pair of matches to lead the Simmons College women's tennis team to an 8-1 victory over Clark University today in Cambridge, Mass. 

The Sharks improve to 3-1 on the season, while the Cougars fall to 0-3.

Crowley defeated senior Sarah Clay (Ossipee, N.H.) at fourth singles, 6-0, 6-0 to give Simmons a 4-0 lead at the time. She teamed with sophomore Cathy Baker to earn an 8-0 victory in pro-set form over the Clark pair of Misa Mai and Emma Coppes for the Sharks' second individual match win of the day.

Meg Cokely extended her singles win streak to four straight with a 6-1, 6-1 decision at number two over the Cougars' junior Rebecca Kravetz (Wayland, Mass.). Cokely combined with classmate Caroline Khoury (1-2 singles, 1-3 doubles) to take an 8-5 win at first doubles over the Clark duo of first year Isabelle Long (Bellevue, Wash.) and junior Kera Snyder (Portland, Maine).

Simmons did not drop a game at fifth and sixth singles as first year Han DK Le took home a 6-0, 6-0, triumph over Mai at fifth singles and first year Mary Matthews earned her first win in her first collegiate match, beating Coppes, 6-0, 6-0 at number six.

Rachael Downey was impressive at third singles for the Sharks, dropping just one game in a 6-1, 6-0 showing over Snyder. Earlier, she teamed with sophomore Theresa Reinhard shutout Kravetz and Clay at number two doubles, 8-0.

The Cougars got on the board with the final match of the afternoon, thanks to an individual match win at first singles from Long over Reinhard, 6-4, 6-3.

Clark plays again on the same day, hosting Anna Maria College at 5:00 p.m.