WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark University women's tennis team (1-0) opened their 2025 season with a home match and cruised to a 6-1 victory over UMass Dartmouth (1-1) on Tuesday afternoon from the Corash Tennis Courts.

Doubles: Clark 2, UMass Dartmouth 1

• Seniors Merielle Kane and Crisi Patel earned a 6-1 victory over Tobias and Croce in number two action.
• In number three doubles, junior Olivia Shipley and sophomore Amanda Keith clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 win against Doiron and Agular.
• Sophomore Larkin Gardinier and junior Varvara Maltseva took two games in number one doubles, but fell 2-6 to Gonzalez and Dean.

Singles: Clark 5, UMass Dartmouth 1

• Keith recorded a 6-3, 6-1 victory in number five singles over Doiron to tally the Cougars first singles point.
• Sophomore Elena Zhakov registered a 6-4, 6-0 win in number six action against Agular.
• Kane clinched the match for Clark in number three singles, recording a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Tobias.
• Shipley topped Beltran-Fuenzalida 6-4, 6-1 in number four play.
• In number two singles. Maltseva dropped the first set 4-6, took the second set 7-5, and won the tiebreak 10-3 in the deciding set against Dean.
• Gardinier dropped her singles match 3-6, 2-6 in number one action to Gonzalez.

What's Next
The scarlet and white will return to the court on Thursday when they welcome Lesley to Corash for a match beginning at 3:30 p.m.