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Women's Tennis Defeats Lyndon and Green Mountain

NEW LONDON, N.H. – September 27, 2014 - The Colby-Sawyer College women's tennis team improved to 4-0 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) East Division with a pair of victories on Saturday afternoon at the Kelsey Tennis Courts.

Colby-Sawyer swept Lyndon State, 9-0 in the first match of the afternoon and followed with a 9-0 victory over Green Mountain. The Chargers improve to 5-3 overall and will host Roger Williams at noon tomorrow. Lyndon drops to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in the NEAC, while the Eagles drop to 0-8 overall and 0-4 in conference play in their first varsity season.

Colby-Sawyer 9, Lyndon 0

The No. 1 doubles team of Ashlyn Ramsay and Ashley Woodside and the No. 2 doubles team of Oxana Tkachenko and Sam White each won 8-1, while Christine Hill and Ellen Graham teamed for an 8-3 victory over Stephanie Burke and Alexa Richard at No. 3 doubles.

Ramsay and Tkachenko did not drop a game at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Woodside won in straight sets and dropped just one game, while Lauren Blanchard, Graham, and Julia Varney cruised to straight set victories at the fourth, fifth and sixth flights, respectively.

Colby-Sawyer 9, Green Mountain 0

Ramsay continued to have an impressive afternoon with another straight sets victory without dropping a game at No. 1 singles against Green Mountain. Sam White, Christine Hill and Marissa Ulmer each won their singles matches in the second, third and fourth slots, 6-1, 6-1. Conley Dion picked up a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Katherine Hansberry in the closest match of the afternoon. Colby-Sawyer's Abbie Rix took the sixth flight 6-0, 6-0.

All of the Colby-Sawyer doubles teams won via an 8-0 score. Ramsay and Woodside teamed for a win at No. 1, while Oxana Tkachenko and White won at No. 2 and Lauren Blanchard took the No. 3 match with teammate Ellen Graham.   
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