Women's Tennis Opens NE-10 Tournament Play Wednesday

SOUTH EASTON, Mass. – The Southern New Hampshire University women’s tennis team has earned the No. 6 seed in the upcoming Northeast-10 tournament and will travel to third-seeded Bentley College for a quarterfinal round match Wednesday at 2:00.  The Falcons posted a 5-4 win over the Penmen when the two teams met last week in Manchester.

Southern New Hampshire has posted a 6-2 record in the spring and enters the tourney 7-5 overall and in league play.  The Penmen are led by freshman Catalina Echeverry (Cali, Colombia), who has posted a 7-1 singles mark since joining the team at the start of second semester.  Melissa Ramos (Stoughton, MA) has posted an 8-3 singles mark, while Granite State products Amanda Nason (Center Sandwich, NH) and Juliet Verhofstad (Plymouth, NH) have registered 8-4 and 6-5 marks in singles play, respectively.

In doubles action, Ramos and Nason have compiled a perfect 11-0 mark in competition this season at No. 3 singles.  Echeverry and Lauren Nigrelli (Westerly, RI) have posted a 6-2 mark at No 1 singles.

Bentley enters the tournament with a 12-5 overall mark and a 10-2 Northeast-10 record.
 

2008 Northeast-10 Conference
Women’s Tennis Championship

Wednesday, April 23 – Quarterfinals (at higher seed)
No. 8 Assumption (5-7, 5-7) at No. 1 Bryant (19-2, 12-0)
No. 5 Merrimack (10-7, 8-4) at No. 4 Stonehill (14-5, 9-3)
No. 7 Saint Anselm (6-6, 6-6) at No. 2 Saint Michael’s (13-5, 10-2)
No. 6 Southern New Hampshire (7-5, 7-5) at No. 2 Bentley (12-5, 10-2)

Friday, April 25 – Semifinals (at higher seed)
ASM/BRY winner vs. MER/STO winner
STA/STM winner vs. SNH/BEN winner

Sunday, April 27 – Championship (at Stonehill College)
Semifinal Winners