WATERVILLE, Maine -- Hania Lenderking (pictured) won her first match of the spring season and the Colby College women's tennis team did not give up a game in doubles in a 9-0 non-conference win over Husson University on Thursday.
Colby, ranked 16th in the Northeast Region, improved to 7-3 overall. The Mules play Saturday at Connecticut College at 1 p.m. Husson, playing its only match of the spring, finished the year at 8-4.
Lenderking was down 5-2 in the opening set before battling back for a 7-5, 6-1 victory at sixth singles.
After the 8-0 wins in the doubles matches, Colby's top five singles players only lost three games. Gabriela Venditti improved to a team-best 7-3 in dual meet matches.
Colby 9, Husson 0
Doubles
1: Gabriela Venditti/Lydia Venditti, C, d. Katie Pratt/Sarah Smith, 8-0
2: Maddie Lupone/Jamie Pine, C, d. Kelsey Pelletier/Marisa Brown, 8-0
3: Aleks Piibe/Emily Dyckman, C, d. Jocelyn Bell/Samantha Dubay, 8-0
Singles
1: L. Venditti, C, d. Pratt, 6-0, 6-0
2: G. Venditti, C, d. Smith, 6-1, 6-0
3: Lupone, C, d. Pelletier, 6-0, 6-0
4: Piibe, C, d. Brown, 6-1, 6-1
5: Pine, C, d. Dubay, 6-0, 6-0
6: Hania Lenderking, C, d. Bell, 7-5, 6-1
