Women's Tennis gets back on track with win over Wentworth

Box Score MILTON, Mass. – The Roger Williams University Women's Tennis team used a pair of 8-0 wins in doubles play and didn't drop a set in singles play en route to a 9-0 win over Wentworth Institute of Technology in a Commonwealth Coast Conference match played at Curry College.

With the win the Hawks improve to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in league play while the Leopards slip to 0-4 in CCC play.

No. 3 doubles saw sophomores Kathryn Hughes (Westford, Mass.) and Gabrielle Riley (Barnstable, Mass.) take an 8-0 win over freshman Kelsey DeGouveia (New Bedford, Mass.) and senior Nicole Mooney (Waterford, Conn.). At No. 2 doubles, senior Lauren Schmidt (South Windsor, Conn.) and junior Caroline McCarthy (Carver, Mass.) won, 8-0, over senior Nicole McColgan (Tewksbury, Mass.) and freshman Ellen Butts (Brookfield, Mass.). The Hawks completed the sweep with an 8-3 win at No. 1 when junior Harley Kaiserman (Setauket, N.Y.) and sophomore Julia Akerman (Greenwich, Conn.) defeated sophomores Caitlyn Briggs (Lee, Mass.) and Emily Jodoin (Burrillville, R.I.).

Schmidt defeated Butts, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 4 singles to give the visitors a 4-0 lead before Akerman clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Mooney at No. 2.

Riley defeated DeGouveia, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 6, Kaiserman defeated Briggs, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 1, Hughes defeated McColgan, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 2, and sophomore Ali Stankiewicz (Brunswick, Maine) defeated sophomore Sam Webb (Westminster, Md.) at No. 5, 6-1, 6-0.

Both teams continue conference play on Tuesday with Wentworth at Gordon and Roger Williams at Eastern Nazarene.

Tennis Match Results
Roger Williams vs Wentworth
09/19/15 at Milton, Mass.
(Big Nine Courts)

Roger Williams 9, Wentworth 0

Singles competition
1. Harley Kaiserman (RWU) def. Caitlyn Briggs (WIT) 6-1, 6-2
2. Kathryn Hughes (RWU) def. Nicole McColgan (WIT) 6-1, 6-4
3. Julia Akerman (RWU) def. Nicole Mooney (WIT) 6-1, 6-1
4. Lauren Schmidt (RWU) def. Ellen Butts (WIT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Ali Stankiewicz (RWU) def. Sam Webb (WIT) 6-1, 6-0
6. Gabrielle Riley (RWU) def. Kelsey DeGouveia (WIT) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Harley Kaiserman/Julia Akerman (RWU) def. Caitlyn Briggs/Emily Jodoin (WIT) 8-3
2. Lauren Schmidt/Caroline McCarthy (RWU) def. Nicole McColgan/Ellen Butts (WIT) 8-0
3. Kathryn Hughes/Gabrielle Riley (RWU) def. Kelsey DeGouveia/Nicole Mooney (WIT) 8-0

- Release courtesy of the Wentworth Institute of Technology Sports Information Department

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Players Mentioned

Julia Akerman: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Kathryn Hughes: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Harley Kaiserman: 5' 1"; Junior

Caroline McCarthy: 5' 2"; Junior

Gabrielle Riley: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Lauren Schmidt: 5' 7"; Senior

Ali Stankiewicz: 5' 9"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Julia Akerman
: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Kathryn Hughes
: 5' 4"; Sophomore

Harley Kaiserman
: 5' 1"; Junior

Caroline McCarthy
: 5' 2"; Junior

Gabrielle Riley
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Lauren Schmidt
: 5' 7"; Senior

Ali Stankiewicz
: 5' 9"; Sophomore