SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Juniors Kara Murphy (Worcester, Pa./Methacton) and Brittany Harbert (Boxford, Mass./Masconomet) each won two matches as the Bentley University women's tennis team defeated Le Moyne 7-2 Sunday afternoon in a Northeast-10 matchup.
Murphy defeated Rebecca Black in number two singles 6-2, 6-1, and Harbert beat Elizabeth Rhode in number four singles 7-5, 6-0.
In doubles, Murphy teamed with senior Aimee Tetu (Brunswick, Maine/Brunswick) to knock off Rhode and Megan Andolina 8-1 in the second-flight, and Harbert and freshman Alyssa Hayes (Berlin, Conn./Berlin) got the better of Margaret Reagan and Kristine Kenny 8-6 in the third-flight.
Bentley's other winners came in singles. Sophomore Rachael Litton (Burlington, Ont./Nelson) defeated Kenny 6-1, 6-0 in the third-flight, sophomore Katie Van Gilst (Harwinton, Conn./Lewis S. Mills) beat Andolina 6-1, 6-0 in the fifth-flight and Tetu beat Kelly Falconer 6-0, 6-2 in the sixth-flight.
The Falcons are now 8-10 overall and 8-4 in the NE-10, while Le Moyne drops to 3-12 and 3-9. Bentley wraps up its regular season next Saturday at Merrimack.
Box Score
At Syracuse, N.Y.
Bentley 7, Le Moyne 2
Doubles
No. 1 Caroline Tisdell/Rebecca Black (L) def. Paulina Sotomayor/Rachael Litton (B) 9-7
No. 2 Aimee Tetu/Kara Murphy (B) def. Elizabeth Rhode/Megan Andolina (L) 8-1
No. 3 Brittany Harbert/Alyssa Hayes (B) def. Margaret Reagan/Kristine Kenny (L) 8-6
Singles
No. 1 Tisdell (L) def. Sotomayor (B) 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Murphy (B) def. Black (L) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Litton (B) def. Kenny (L) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 Harbert (B) def. Rhode (L) 7-5, 6-0
No. 5 Katie Van Gilst (B) def. Andolina (L) 6-1, 6-0
No.6 Aimee Tetu (B) def. Kelly Falconer (L) 6-0, 6-2