DUDLEY, Mass. - September 15, 2013 - The Colby-Sawyer women's tennis team fell to the Bison of Nichols College, 6-3 in nonconference action Sunday afternoon. 

Colby-Sawyer won the No. 1 singles and doubles matches, along with No. 4 singles. In the No. 1 doubles match, Dyakiv and freshman Cristina Szepanski (Windsor Locks, Conn.) fell to Elizabeth Lincoln (Plymouth, Mass.) and Ashlyn Ramsay (Barkhamsted, Conn.), 8-5. The No.2 doubles team of junior Lindsay Benoit (Holden, Mass.) and freshman Emma Carey (Venice, Fla.) recorded an 8-5 win over Charlotte Horton (South Hamilton, Mass.) and Oxana Tkachenko (Lviv, Ukraine).

Senior Erin Rivers (Bristol, R.I.) and sophomore Michelle Keklik (Stratford, Conn.) won the No. 3 match against Ellen Graham (Newburyport, Mass.) and Conley Dion (Falmouth, Maine), winning 8-2.

Benoit fell at No. 1 singles to Lincoln, 7-6, 6-3, while Dyakiv defeated Ramsay at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-2. Szepanski played No. 3 singles and won a tiebreaker in her first set against Horton, 7-6 (8-6), before putting her away in the second set, 6-0. Carey was defeated by Tkachenko 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4.

Junior Kelsey Peterson (Fairbanks, Alaska) won her match against Graham at No. 5 singles, winning 6-3, 6-2. Junior Katie Malloy (Norwell, Mass.) defeated Dion 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 6 singles match.

The Bison women's team plays at Western New England tomorrow afternoon. Colby-Sawyer's plays at Merrimack College on Wednesday.

Nichols 6, Colby-Sawyer 3
09/15/13 at Dudley, Mass. (Robinson Tennis Courts) 

Singles competition

1. Elizabeth Lincoln (CSCW1314) def. Lindsay Benoit (NC) 7-6, 6-3

2. Anna Dyakiv (NC) def. Ashlyn Ramsay (CSCW1314) 6-3, 6-2

3. Cristina Szepanski (NC) def. Charlotte Horton (CSCW1314) 7-6 (8-6), 6-0

4. Oxana Tkachenko (CSCW1314) def. Emma Carey (NC) 6-2, 6-2

5. Kelsey Peterson (NC) def. Ellen Graham (CSCW1314) 6-3, 6-2

6. Katie Malloy (NC) def. Conley Dion (CSCW1314) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Elizabeth Lincoln/Ashlyn Ramsay (CSCW1314) def. Anna Dyakiv/Cristina Szepanski (NC) 8-5

2. Lindsay Benoit/Emma Carey (NC) def. Charlotte Horton/Oxana Tkachenko (CSCW1314) 8-5

3. Erin Rivers/Michelle Keklik (NC) def. Ellen Graham/Conley Dion (CSCW1314) 8-2

Match Notes

Colby-Sawyer 2-3

Nichols 4-2

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,2,1,4,3,6)

T-4:30 A-146