BOX SCORE
When and Where: October 13, 2018 – Colchester, Vt. (Tarrant Recreation Center)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 7, Saint Michael's College 0
Records: SNHU 6-6 (5-4 NE10), Saint Michael's 5-10 (3-8 NE10)
Freshmen Lior Pachuorkovski (Zoran, Israel) and Elizabeth Dwyer (Cutchogue, N.Y.) returned Saturday and a full-strength Southern New Hampshire University women's tennis team rolled to a 7-0 victory against Saint Michael's College at the Tarrant Recreation Center.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Pachuorkovski, who had missed the first 11 matches of the season in singles, posted a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 4 against Brittany Katz.
- Dwyer breezed past Katie Costa, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 6, after being absent from the last five matches.
- Together, Pachuorkovski and Dwyer nailed down a 6-1 No. 3 doubles win against Katz and Costa.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- After Pachuorkovski and Dwyer posted their doubles win, seniors Anna Sala (Matadepera, Spain) and Sofia Morais (Porto, Portugal) followed with a 6-2 triumph at No. 1 over Abby Ramsay and Margaret de Pont to clinch the point, before freshman Alexxa Etienne (Bayamon, Puerto Rico) and senior Rachel Wagner (Framingham, Mass.) added a 6-3 victory at No. 2 against Melissa Wood and Caroline Sumner.
- Etienne began singles play on the right foot, taking down Wood, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3.
- Morais made it 3-0 with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-0 defeat of de Pont at No. 2.
- Pachuorkovski clinched the match with her No. 4 singles win, while Wagner's 6-2, 6-0 victory over Anna Schneider made it 5-0.
- Sala extended the advantage to 6-0 with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win against Ramsay at No. 1.
- Dwyer's victory capped the match.
NOTES
- The win snaps a two-match losing streak and puts the Penmen a game-and-a-half out of the final playoff spot in the Northeast-10 Championship with two matches remaining.
UP NEXT
- The Penmen are back in action Sunday, Oct. 14 (1 p.m.) when they take on in-state rival Franklin Pierce University.
- The next and final home match of the fall for SNHU is Thursday, Oct. 18 (3 p.m.) when they play host to Stonehill College.
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