RYE, N.H. – The Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team swept Merrimack College 9-0 Friday afternoon at Wentworth by the Sea Country Club.  The win, the 14^th straight for the Penmen, improves their record to 15-1 overall and 12-0 in the NE-10, while the Warriors are now 5-11 and 5-6 in the league.

With the win, the Penmen clinch a share of the Northeast-10 regular season title, the first in program history.  Southern New Hampshire also clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming NE-10 Tournament, as it defeated current second-place team Stonehill (14-2, 11-1 NE-10) 6-3 on April 1.  SNHU can claim the regular season crown outright with a win Saturday against Franklin Pierce.  That match takes place at the Goffstown (NH) YMCA starting at 2:00.

Northeast-10 Women's Tennis
So. New Hampshire 9, Merrimack 0

DOUBLES
No. 1 – Amber Chandronnait/Alena Mukdaprakorn (SNH) def. Caitlin Dunn/Cristina Lucin (MER) 8-2
No. 2 – Catalina Echeverry/Alison Waring (SNH) def. Kylie Waddington/Mollie Fitzgerald (MER) 8-0
No. 3 – Sam Jean/Kara Pease (SNH) def. Erin McMahon/Katie Veasey (MER) 8-0

SINGLES
No. 1 – Chandronnait (SNH) def. Lucin (MER) 6-4, 6-0
No. 2 – Mukdaprakorn (SNH) def. Dunn (MER) 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 – Echeverry (SNH) def. Fitzgerald (MER) 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 – Waring (SNH) def. McMahon (MER) 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 – Jean (SNH) def. Allison Lydon (MER) 8-0
No. 6 – Pease (SNH) def. Veasey (MER) 8-0

RECORDS: SNHU 15-1 (12-0); MER 5-11 (5-6)