Simmons Tennis Swept By Brandeis University

The 2010 Simmons Tennis season will be marked as one of the most successful in the history of the program. The Sharks won their sixth Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship in seven years and finished with a remarkable 10-0 record in the GNAC.

WALTHAM, Mass. ? Simmons Tennis was swept by Brandeis University this evening 9-0 at Rieger Tennis Courts.

BOSTON, Mass. ? The Simmons Tennis team defeated the Johnson & Wales University Wildcats 5-0 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference semifinals on a breezy Saturday afternoon. The Sharks will host the GNAC Championship match tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. vs. the winner of Emerson College and Emmanuel College.

WALTHAM, Mass. – Simmons Tennis was swept by Brandeis University this evening 9-0 at Rieger Tennis Courts.

The Judges did not drop a set and had four 6-0 sets in singles action. Simmons sophomore Margaret Teague (Manchester, N.H.) led Brandeis freshman Carley Cooke (San Diego, Calif.) 5-2 in the first before Cooke battled back to win her collegiate debut 7-6, 6-0. Sharks sophomore Allison Bodek (Lynnfield, Mass.) had a tight match versus Roberta Bergstein (Hingham, Mass.) but fell 6-4, 7-5 at the #3 Singles position.

The bottom of the lineup had a productive outing, as sophomores Alex Katz (Philadelphia, Pa./Abington Friends) and Marissa Lazar (Hewlett, N.Y./Lynbrook) opened with an 8-1 win at third doubles. Katz had the first singles match to end at No. 5 singles, sweeping her opponent, 6-0, 6-0, while Lazar earned a 6-0, 6-2, victory at No. 6 in her second collegiate singles match.

Simmons Tennis hosts Mount Holyoke on Friday, September 16th at 4:30 p.m.