WATERVILLE, Maine - October 11, 2014 - The Colby-Sawyer women's tennis team defeated Castleton, 6-0 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) East Division championship match at the Alfond-Wales Tennis Courts late Saturday evening to claim the school's third-consecutive title. 

The Chargers got off to an important 3-0 start after the completion of doubles play. The No. 1 doubles duo of Ashlyn Ramsay and Ashley Woodside, the NEAC East Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, cruised to an 8-0 victory over Meghan Susslin and Shannon Haggerty. Colby-Sawyer's Oxana Tkachenko and Sam White handled Olga McIntyre and Sara Novenstern, 8-1 at No. 2 doubles. The No. 3 doubles match was the closest as Colby-Sawyer duo Ellen Graham and Christine Hill outlasted Kaydeen Juaire and Taylor Reynolds for a hard fought 8-4 victory.

The match clinching point came simultaneously, as Woodside who won her No. 2 singles match 6-1, 6-0, and Ramsay won her No. 1 singles match 6-0, 6-0.

White also took her third singles match by a score of 6-2, 6-1.

Colby-Sawyer will now await the winner of the NEAC West Division tournament, to be played on April 24-26, to then play for the NEAC Championship on May 3 for an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

2014 All-Tournament Team
Ashlyn Ramsay - Colby-Sawyer, MVP
Sam White - Colby-Sawyer
Sara Novenstern - Castleton
Sarah Murphy - MCLA
Jessica Bowen - Thomas

SEMIFINAL RECAP

Number one seed Colby-Sawyer cruised to victory, defeating fourth-seeded Thomas College by a score of 9-0.  Castleton defeated MCLA by a final of 7-2. This marks the third season in a row that Colby-Sawyer and Castleton will face off in the NEAC East Championship round.
 
The Chargers earned 8-0 victories in both first and second team doubles, and an 8-3 victory in third team doubles.
 
In singles play, Colby-Sawyer continued their domination of the conference, when their top-flight player and NEAC East Player of the Year Ashlyn Ramsay took down Thomas College's number one Jessica Bowen by a score of 6-2, 6-1, and number two player and Rookie of the Year Ashley Woodside won 6-1, 6-0 over the 2013 Rookie of the Year, Lindsey Allen.
 
At the third flight, Sam White cruised, winning 6-0, 6-0. Number four Oxana Tkachenko won 6-1, 6-2, and number five Lauren Blanchard won both sets by a score of 6-0.  To wrap up the sweep, number six Ellen Graham won 6-0, 6-0.