09/24/2009
Women's Tennis: Clark Collects 9-0 Win

Release Courtesy of Anna Maria Sports Information

Paxton, Mass. - The Clark University womens tennis team defeated Anna Maria College 9-0 on Thursday afternoon at Wachusett High School. The victory improves the Cougars record to 2-4 overall, remaining at 0-1 in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. With the loss, the AMCATS drop to 2-7 overall while staying put at 0-6 in The Commonwealth Coast Conference.

The Cougars began the day by taking all three doubles matches. The duos of Julia Bergeron (Lewiston, Maine)/Andrea Nathan (Saddle River, N.J.) and Emily Schweitzer (Northampton, Mass.)/Phoebe Livingston (Jamestown, R.I.) each earned 8-2 victories while Kristen Cullity (Carver, Mass.) and Martha Ziemer (Arlington, Mass.) were flawless in an 8-0 win.

Clark clinched the win by taking all six singles matches. Bergeron, Schweitzer, Cullity, and Ziemer all earned victories without dropping a single game (6-0, 6-0). Nathan won her No. 2 singles match in straight sets (6-2, 6-2), while Livingston won 6-0, 6-3 in No. 5 singles.

Both teams will return to the courts on Saturday for conference matches, Clark will travel to face Wellesley at 1:00 pm while Anna Maria will host Nichols College at 10:00 am.