Worcester, Mass. – It was only fitting that senior captain Rebecca Kravetz (Wayland, Mass.) was the one to clinch the record setting match. One of only two four-year participants on the Clark University women's tennis roster, it was Kravetz who sealed the program's best record with her singles win at No. 5, as the host Cougars posted a 6-3 win over UMass-Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon at the Corash Tennis Courts.
The win for the Scarlet and White puts a cap on their 2015 campaign – the first under head coach Dan Herbst – where they established a new school record for wins in a season (10). Clark won all four of its spring matches enroute to their record-breaking performance and will enter the 2016 season riding a four-match winning streak.
Kravetz and fellow captain Kera Snyder (Portland, Maine) have persevered through four head coaching changes in four seasons and the year before they arrived the program went 0-11. Today's victory, however, brought to bear all their hard work and dedication.
Clark's freshman tandem of Emily Shuman (Needham, Mass.) and Adrien Horowitz (Arvada, Colo.) kicked off the afternoon with an easy 8-1 win over Kerry Magoon (Marshfield, Mass.) and Kheyla Orival (Woburn, Mass.) at No. 2 and then Isabelle Long (Bellevue, Wash.) and Snyder teamed up to take down Jenna Lahaie (Lakeville, Mass.) and Maggie LeBrun (Mattapoisett, Mass.), 8-2 at No. 1.
The Corsairs were able to get a point in doubles action at No. 3 when Mollie McCaffrey (Taunton, Mass.) and Kristen Rose (North Dartmouth, Mass.) edged out Kravetz and Phoebe Hughes (Parkland, Fla.), 8-4.
Singles action started with Shuman's easy 6-1, 6-1 win over Magoon at No. 2 and continued as Long moved by Lahaie, 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1.
After Rose blanked Snyder, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 to get UMD closer at 4-2, Kravetz wrapped up the match with a 6-1, 6-2 verdict over Amelia Ralowicz () at No. 6.
Hughes wound up beating LeBrun 6-2, 7-5 at No. 3 and the Corsairs got their other point at No. 5 where McCaffrey snuck past Misa Mai (Sanford, Maine), 6-3, 5-7, 10-6.
