BEVERLY, Mass. (Sept. 7) –The Nichols College women’s tennis team improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference action Tuesday afternoon with a 7-2 victory at Endicott College. The Bison avenge a TCCC semifinals loss to the Gulls from a year ago, leaving their foes to stand at 1-1 both overall and in conference action.
Nichols held a 2-1 lead after doubles, with 8-1 and 8-2 victories at the first two flights courtesy of TCCC Player of the Week Jillian McQuiggan (Weymouth, Mass.) and Chelsey Miller (Salem, Conn.) at the top spot and Anna Dyakiv (Amsterdam, N.Y.) Maria Balabanova (Moscow, Russia) at the second flight.
McQuiggan and Miller were the first to finish on the singles side, as McQuiggan finished Emily Annis, 6-2, 6-0, at second singles before Miller didn’t drop a point against Laura MacLeod in a 6-0, 6-0, fourth flight win. Balabanova posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory at fifth singles and newcomer Nicole Marziarz (Southington, Conn.) was edged at the sixth flight, 6-1, 6-4, before Dyakiv finished the match by ousting Kate Cioffi, 6-2, 6-3 in the top spot.
Nichols continues TCCC action Saturday in a noon match against Colby-Sawyer College.
Doubles:
1. Jillian McQuiggan/Chelsey Miller (NC) d. Kate Cioffi/Laura Macleod (EC) 8-1
2. Anna Dyakiv/Maria Balabanova (NC) d. Kerri Dunn/Emily Annis (EC) 8-2
3. Kristen DiFillippo/Gina Pinciaro (EC) d. Alex Cifone/Erin Rivers (NC) 8-4
Singles:
1. Anna Dyakiv (NC) d. Kate Cioffi (EC) 6-2, 6-3
2. Jill McQuiggan (NC) d.Emily Annis (EC) 6-2, 6-0
3. Alex Cifone (NC) d. Kerri Dunn (EC) 6-3, 6-0
4. Chelsey Miller (NC) d. Laura Macleod 6-0, 6-0
5. Maria Balabanova (NC) d. Kristen Difillippo (EC) 6-2, 6-1
6. Ashley Sullivan (EC) d. Nicole Marziarz (NC) 6-1, 6-4
Nichols 7 Endicott 2
Order of finish:
Doubles: 2,1,3
Singles: 2,4,5,3,6,1
Time of Match: 3:00