Waltham, M.A- The Chargers headed up to Massachusetts to take on the Falcons of Bentley University and took home their second 7-0 win of the season. With the win the Chargers now advance to 5-1 in both overall and conference play.
Starting off with the doubles play, No. 3 doubles pair Alyssa Rodriguez (Tampa, Fla./HB Plant) and Madi Mabrito (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas/Samuel V. Champion) secured a 6-0 win, not allowing their opponent to score a point on any serve. Risako Umekuni (Saitama, Japan/Shumei Eiko) and Lucia Placidi (Melbourne, Australia/Distance Education Centre Victoria) taking home a 6-3 win in No.2 doubles, followed by No.1 doubles pair Valentinna Ferrarini (Caxias do Sul, Brazil) and Karim Carreras (Asuncion, Paraguay/Colegio Bautista de Villa Morra) taking home a 6-1 win. With all three matches favoring the Chargers, the doubles point was secured and the blue and gold entered singles play 1-0.
New Haven had three matches that finished in two sets where their Bentley opponent did not secure one point. Valentinna Ferrarini (Caxias do Sul, Brazil), Alyssa Rodriguez (Tampa, Fla./HB Plant), and Lucia Placidi (Melbourne, Australia/Distance Education Centre Victoria) all taking their matches in two sets with scores 6-0, 6-0. Risako Umekuni (Saitama, Japan/Shumei Eiko) would set up to play at No.3 singles, taking her match 6-0, 6-1 and Karim Carreras (Asuncion, Paraguay/Colegio Bautista de Villa Morra) would take her match with scores 6-1, 6-2. Abby Murphy (Southington, Conn./Southington) who did not participate in the doubles matches, would also grab herself a win, falling in the first set of the No. 6 doubles with a score of 6-2, but would bounce back to take the match with scores of 6-0, 10-1 in the last two sets.
With that win the Chargers now stand at second in the conference standing, right under Adelphi University who they faced early in the year. Looking into the future the blue and gold will continue their conference play as they head up to Manchester, New Hampshire to take on the Hawks of Saint Anselm. That match is set to take place on Saturday, October 7th at 1:00 p.m.
