WEYMOUTH, Mass. - The Simmons College women’s tennis team earned the 2008 GNAC Women’s Tennis title with a 6-3 victory over Johnson & Wales University. Johnson & Wales’ No.1 doubles team of sophomore Melissa Engel (Traverse City, Mich.) and junior all-tournament selection Erienne Gale (Temecula, Calif.) earned the first points with a 8-1 win. Simmons went into singles play leading 2-1 after the No. 2 doubles team of freshman all-tournament selection Maggie Taylor (Yarmouth, Maine) and freshman Liza Pope (West Newbury, Mass.) and the No. 3 doubles of junior Jordan Borash (Marblehead, Mass.) and freshmen Athena Lynch (Andover, Mass.) earned wins.
WEYMOUTH, Mass.-- A come-from-behind 9-7 win by senior Jen Nelson (Newburyport, Mass.) and freshman Alex Hernandez (Newton, Mass.) provided the deciding point at number two doubles that lifted top-seeded Suffolk to its first-ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference women’s tennis tournament championship with a 5-4 dual-match victory over second-seeded Simmons in the 2007 league title match played late Sunday evening at the Weymouth Club.