Tennis Wraps-Up Season With Three At Home

April 8, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass women's tennis team wraps-up the 2010 regular season with three home matches beginning on Friday at 2 p.m. when they host the Terriers of Boston University on Saturday afternoon (2 p.m.) at Mullins Courts. The Minutewomen will then battle the University at Albany on Sunday (2 p.m.), and will welcome Quinnipiac on Monday (2 p.m.) for Senior Day. UMass enters the week with an 11-6 record, and is riding a four-match winning streak after beating Sacred Heart, 7-0, their last time out.

Last Time Out
The UMass women's tennis team extended their winning streak to four-straight matches on Thursday, as they went on the road to beat the Pioneers of Sacred Heart, 7-0. The four-straight wins ties a season-best for the Minutewomen, who pushed their overall record to 11-6.

The Minutewomen played another clean match, with solid performances at all singles positions and another sweep of doubles play. Candynce Boney and Maude Lecluyse kept their hot streak going at first doubles, beating Darcy Demers and Julianne Kasino, 8-5. Tanisha Hodgson and Julia Comas put up their third-straight doubles victory as well, winning 8-1 over Elizabeth Harrington and Kristina Chao, while Katilyn Carpenter and Jocelyn Providence improved to 4-0 as a team with an 8-0 shutout of Kate Donnelly and Delaney Downing.

Comas, coming of an A-10 Rookie of the Week performance last week, continued to show her prowess at first singles, knocking-off Donnelly in straight-sets, 6-1, 6-1. Boney also won her fourth-straight singles match, topping Demers in a third-set tiebreak, 6-3, 6-7, 10-7. Hodgson, who has stepped-up in the number three singles spot, improved to 3-2 on the year with a, 6-3, 6-3, victory over Harrington.

Lecluyse, Carpenter and Providence rounded out the victories for the Minutewomen. Providence is now 8-5 in the sixth singles spot, including wins in each of her last four matches.

Four In-A-Row
The Minutewomen tied their longest winning streak of the season, posting their fourth-straight victory against Sacred Heart (7-0) last Thursday. The squad has also had wins over Presbyterian (6-1),NJIT (6-1) and Hofstra (7-0) during the streak, pushing their record to 11-6 overall and 4-4 in March. UMass also had a four-match winning streak back in February when they beat Siena, Long Island, St. John's and Army.

Home, Sweet Home
The Minutewomen are 6-1 in Amherst this season, with their lone loss coming against Boston College back on February 27. In four of their six home wins, UMass has swept all of the points and gone on to 7-0 victories.

Comas Earns Back-To-Back A-10 Honors
Freshman Julia Comas (Barcelona, Spain) was named Atlantic-10 Co-Player / Rookie of the Week as announced by the conference office. This is the second-straight week the freshman has earned A-10 conference honors, after receiving her first Rookie of the Week award of her career last week.

This marks the first time that Comas has been named A-10 Player of the Week, as she split both of the weekly honors with fellow freshman Mimi Hamling of George Washington.

The Minutewomen are riding a four-match winning streak following a, 7-0, victory over Sacred Heart on Thursday, with a lot of the success due to the play of Comas. The Barcelona, Spain native has won four-straight matches at No. 1 singles, including a 6-1, 6-1, win over the Pioneers' Kate Donnelly. The freshman then went on to team up with Tanisha Hodgson to coast to an, 8-1, win at No. 2 doubles.

Lecluyse To Be Honored On Senior Day
Senior captain Maude Lecluyse (Montreal, Canada), the lone senior on the UMass squad, will be honored against Quinnipiac on Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. Lecluyse, a four-year member of the Minutewomen, has been one of the workhorses of the team during her time at UMass and has become a stellar doubles player. During her career, she has compiled 65 doubles wins, including a 14-6 record this season, going 7-5 at No. 1 doubles.

Monday's Match To Be Broadcast On UMass All-Access
Catch the UMass women's tennis team as they take on the Bobcats of Qunnipiac University on Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. on UMass All-Access. The Minutewomen will honor lone senior, Maude Lecluyse, in a pregame ceremony.

Scouting The Opponents
The Great Danes
Albany enters the week with a 6-5 overall record in dual matches, having lost four-straight matches including three on their spring break trip to Orlando.

The Terriers
The Terriers come into the week with a 6-10 record overall. The squad has lost three-straight matches, all against ranked opponents including Princeton, William & Mary and VCU. Prior to that, the Terriers had their longest winning streak of the season with five-straight victories.

The Bobcats
Quinnipiac comes into the week with a 7-5 record, and will take on Sacred Heart before traveling to Amherst on Sunday. The Bobcats are coming off back-to-back losses to Fairleigh Dickinson and Rhode Island. The team is led by Rachel Cantor who has a 9-3 overall record in dual matches, including an 8-3 record at No. 2 singles.

Next Up
UMass will next be in action at the 2010 Atlantic 10 Championship in St. Louis, Missouri, April 22-25.

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