MANCHESTER, N.H. - Visiting Bentley College snapped Southern New Hampshire University's three-match win streak with a 5-4 Northeast-10 women's tennis victory Thursday afternoon at the SNHU courts.  The Falcons improved to 11-5 overall and 9-2 in the NE-10 with the victory, while the Penmen wrap up the regular season 7-5 overall and in the NE-10.

Freshman Catalina Echeverry (Cali, Colombia) upped her singles record to 7-1 on the season with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1.  Senior Melissa Ramos (Stoughton, MA) improved her singles record to 8-3 on the year with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 5.  In doubles, Echeverry and Lauren Nigrelli (Westerly, RI) were 8-4 winners at No. 1, while Ramos and Amanda Nason (Center Sandwich, NH) rallied from a 5-0 deficit to post an 8-6 win at No. 3 to keep their perfect record in doubles play (11-0) alive.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action next Wednesday when it competes in the Northeast-10 Tournament quarterfinals.  The Penmen will enter the tournament as the No. 6 seed, but own a 6-2 record in the spring season.
 

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Bentley 5, Southern New Hampshire 4

Singles:
1. Catalina Echeverry (SNH) def. Heather Haggerty (BEN) 6-2, 6-3
2. Kelly Fleszar (BEN) def. Lauren Nigrelli (SNH) 6-0, 6-4
3. Kelly Nugent (BEN) def. Kristen Franco (SNH) 6-1, 7-5
4. Marcia Gilbride (BEN) def. Juliet Verhofstad (SNH) 6-3, 6-2
5. Melissa Ramos (SNH) def. Andrea Hollot (BEN) 6-4, 6-1
6. Katherine Giambalvo (BEN) def. Amanda Nason (SNH) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Echeverry/Nigrelli (SNH) def. Fleszar/Nugent (BEN) 8-4
2. Haggerty/Gilbride (BEN) def. Alison Waring/Verhofstad (SNH) 8-4
3. Nason/Ramos (SNH) def. Hollot/Giambalvo (BEN) 8-6

Records: SNHU 7-5 (7-5 NE-10), BEN 11-5 (9-2 NE-10)