Flanagan Falls at NECC Women's Tennis Championship
ENFIELD, Conn.—The 2010 New England Collegiate Conference
(NECC) women's tennis tournament ended today after 27 flights from
an individual flighted tournament hosted by Bay Path College in the
two-day format. Four NECC school's competitors went home with
awards and flight champions including Bay Path, Becker College,
Lesley University and Newbury College.
Newbury #4 seed sophomore Julie MacLeod and freshman Stephanie
Ruffin worked their way through the upper seeds after a bi on day
one due to a Lesley tandem withdrawal. McLeod and Ruffin upset the
Bay Path tandem of junior Lianna Loveitt and sophomore Shaneela
Shaheen 8-1 as the first flight champions to win in the third
flight.
Host Bay Path #2 seed junior Sarah Costa and senior Lauren Hangasky
upset Becker #1 seed junior Shauna McNally and her partner senior
Danielle Stryker 8-5 as the second match to finish.
The final doubles match saw Becker's #1 seed junior Laura
Mimms and junior Megan Nessen defeating Lesley sister tandem
senior Michelle Side and sophomore Katie Side 8-5.
In the singles championship flight, Becker #1 seed Stryker quickly
overtook Lesley #2 seed Katie Side 6-2, 6-2 to become the first
singles champion at the third flight. While finishing closely
behind them was Bay Path's #1 seed Costa defeating Lesley #2 seed
Michelle Side 6-2, 6-3.
Winning the next award was the fourth flight champion. The Becker
#2 seed McNally overcame Bay Path #1 seed senior Carolina Ynguanzo
7-5, 6-4 in a tough battle.
The next two flight champions in the fifth flight and first flight
were Becker's Nessen and Lesley's sophomore Brenna Donovan. Nessen
came back to defeat the #1 seed Mitchell freshman Mackenzie
Flanagan in three sets 1-6, 7-5, 6-2. The #1 seed Donovan
won 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 in hard fought match against Bay Path #4
seed Loveitt.
In the final match, Bay Path freshman Ashley Sears defeated
Newbury #4 seed Ruffin 7-5, 6-3 to earn the final flight award at
the #6 singles flight.
2010 New England Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis
Championships
Hosted by Bay Path College, Enfield, Conn. (Enfield Tennis
Club)
Saturday, October 16 and Sunday, October 17, 2010
Bay Path (BPC), Becker (BC), Lesley (LU), Mitchell (MC) and Newbury
(NC)
Sunday-Finals
10:00 a.m.
DOUBLES
Flight One:
19. #1 Doubles vs. #2 Doubles: Shauna McNally/Danielle Stryker (BC
6-1) vs. Sarah Costa/Lauren Hangasky (BPC 5-3) BPC 8-5
Flight Two:
20. #1 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Laura Mimms/Megan Nessen (BC, 7-0)
vs. Katie Side/Michelle Side (LU, 2-3) BC 8-5
Flight Three:
21. #1 Doubles vs. #2 Doubles: Julie McLeod/Stephanie Ruffin (NC,
2-3) vs. Lianna Loveitt/Shaneela Shaheen (BPC, 3-2) NC 8-1
12:00 p.m.
SINGLES
Flight One:
22. #1 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Mackenzie Flanagan (MC, 6-2) vs.
Megan Nessen (BC, 4-3) BC 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
Flight Two:
23. #1 Singles vs. #2 Singles: Sarah Costa (BPC 8-0) vs. Michelle
Side (LU, 5-2) BPC 6-2, 6-3
Flight Three:
24. #1 Singles vs. #2 Singles: Danielle Stryker (BC, 8-0) vs. Katie
Side (LU 3-2) BC 6-2, 6-2
Flight Four:
25. #1 Singles vs. #2 Singles: Carolina Ynguanzo (BPC, 8-0) vs.
Shauna McNally (BC, 6-2) BC 7-5, 6-4
Flight Five:
26. #1 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Brenna Donovan (LU, 4-0) vs. Lianna
Loveitt (BPC, 3-5) LU 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
Flight Six:
27. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Ashley Sears (BPC, 6-1) vs.
Stephanie Ruffin (NC 1-4) BPC 7-5, 6-3
