BRIGHTON, Mass. – Simmons tennis dropped an inter-division match to Bentley University, 8-1, Friday afternoon. Senior Sarah Mariski picked up the lone Sharks victory with a three set (6-2, 4-6, 10-4) win over the Falcons' Anna Lang in third singles.
The Falcons began the day with a sweep of doubles, but the Sharks made them work for the win. Junior Samantha Margolin and sophomore Sara Fucillo battled Bentley's Rachel Hogan and Alyssa Cook in 12 games in third doubles before being edged out. Sophomore Olga Zhizhi and junior Libby Weed managed to take a game from the Falcons' second doubles tandem, Remi LeSage and Zoe Chin.
In the singles portion of the day, Mariski came out strong with a convincing 6-2 in win the first set, but Lang tied up the match with a 6-4 win in set two. But Mariski escaped with the 10-4 tie-break victory in set three to pull out the win. Zhizhin also played well in first singles against Makena Romagnano winning a pair of games, while first-year Avery Halloran took three from Alyssa Cook in fifth singles.
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Simmons is off until the fall semester when they will return to the courts in the fall of 2022.