BRIGHTON, Mass. – Simmons tennis (1-2) picked up its first win following a convincing 6-3 win over Suffolk University (0-1) on Wednesday afternoon.

The Sharks came out of the gate strong sweeping doubles. First doubles tandem of Emilie Lapointe and Julia Perconti jumped in front of Caren Urbano and Rachel Hill early, taking a 5-2 advantage. The pair went on to win 8-4 before senior Sara Fucillo and sophomore Emily Lopez took third doubles, 8-2.

First-year Megan Baadsgaard and sophomore Laura Lowe escaped second doubles with the 8-6 win over Anastasiya Zakharava and Nia Bebb to complete in the sweep.

In the singles portion of the afternoon, Baadsgaard, Fucillo and first-year Emma Parsons earned their first collegiate career singles wins. Baadsgaard needed to go a first set tie-break against Rachel Hill, but came out victorious before blanking Hill in the second set, 6-0, and sealed the victory for the Sharks. Fucillo put the icing on the cake pulling out her first collegiate career singles win, getting the best of Angela Gross in fourth singles (6-4, 6-3).

Lower in the line-up, Parsons was strong to start, shutting out Alex Kickham in the first set then pulling out sixth singles with a 6-1 win in the second set to give the Sharks a 4-0 lead, at the time.

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Simmons returns to the courts on Friday, September 8 when they host Thomas College at 3:30 p.m.