Women’s Tennis Prevails at Bridgewater State, 7-2

Team Stats

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Score

doubles

Emily Ruttkowski / Magdalena Hubel (ENC)
def. Sailor Nordstrom / Emma Mills (BSU)

8-4

Sharon Biondi / Veronica Jimenez (ENC)
def. Angelique Gray / Rachel Tarantino (BSU)

8-2

Olivia Sweeney / Vanessa Rosa (BSU)
def. Maria Busila / Makayla Grantham (ENC)

8-6

Singles

Sharon Biondi (ENC)
def. Sailor Nordstrom (BSU)

6-3 , 6-1

Emily Ruttkowski (ENC)
def. Olivia Sweeney (BSU)

6-4 , 6-3

Magdalena Hubel (ENC)
def. Emma Mills (BSU)

6-2 , 4-6 , 10-6

Veronica Jimenez (ENC)
def. Vanessa Rosa (BSU)

6-3 , 6-4

Maria Busila (ENC)
def. Angelique Gray (BSU)

6-7 (5-7) , 6-4 , 10-4

Rachel Tarantino (BSU)
def. Makayla Grantham (ENC)

6-0 , 6-1

September 26, 2019

BRIDGEWATER, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College women's tennis team notched a 7-2 non-conference victory at Bridgewater State Thursday afternoon.

The Lions elevate to 6-2 on the season with the win while the Bears fall to 3-6 overall.

The visitors gathered two doubles victories to take a 2-1 lead.

Emily Ruttkowski (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) and Magdalena Hubel (Berlin, Germany) doubled up Sailor Nordstrom and Emma Mills 8-4 at the No. 1 position.

Sharon Biondi (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and Veronica Jimenez (Lynn, Mass.) topped Angelique Gray and Rachel Tarantino at the second spot 8-2.

Maria Busila (Malaga, Spain) and Makayla Grantham (Apalachian, N.Y.) dropped a narrow 8-6 decision at the No. 3 slot to Olivia Sweeney and Vanessa Rosa.

Eastern Nazarene collected five singles wins to net its second-straight victory.

Biondi downed Nordstrom at the top singles spot 6-3, 6-1 while Ruttkowski remained undefeated in singles action with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Sweeney at the No. 2 slot.

Hubel outlasted Mills in a third-set super-tiebreaker at the third singles position. After claiming the first set 6-2, the rookie conceded the second frame 6-4. Hubel bounced back in the super-tiebreaker to edge Mills 10-6.

Jimenez improved to 7-1 in singles matches on the year with a 6-3, 6-4 win at the No. 4 spot over Rosa.

Busila topped Gray in a third-set super-tiebreaker at the fifth singles match. After coming up short in a tie-breaker in the first set, Busila battled back to capture the second 6-4. The rookie cruised to a 10-4 decision in the super-tiebreaker to earn her third-consecutive singles victory.

Grantham suffered a 6-0, 6-1 setback at the No. 6 position against Tarantino.

Up next, Eastern Nazarene returns home to host GNAC foe Albertus Magnus September 28.