Women’s Tennis Ends Season with Big Win over AIC 9-0

by Sean Carroll
edited by Abbie Tumbleson

Kaitlin Krolikowski in action against AIC

The Franklin Pierce University women’s tennis team finished the season with a convincing 9-0 victory over AIC in Springfield, MA, Sunday evening.

With the win the Ravens improved to a record of 2-11 overall, while AIC finishes the 09-10 season 0-13. The win over AIC snapped a five match losing skid that the Ravens have endured since there last win on February 14, against Pace.

“Even though we didn’t have a great season overall it is nice to end it with a win. I think this win will give us something to build on for next year,” said junior Lauren Smilovich.

After a tough loss at SNHU, 9-0, the day before, the Ravens came out on Sunday and put it behind them.

 “It is always hard to try and forget about a loss especially, when it was the day before. Coming out and playing the way we did against AIC showed us all that we can bounce back from a loss and win,” said sophomore Christina Bonelli.

The first doubles match of the day featured sophomores Kaitlin Krolikowski and Suzana Deronkic defeating their opponents 8-1. The second doubles match would prove to be a confidence booster for the Ravens with an 8-3 victory for Smilovich and senior Bianca LaPointe.

“I think that our team’s play in doubles set the tone for the rest of the match. We came out hitting well and that gave us all more confidence going into our singles matches,” said Smilovich.

All six of the Ravens went on to win their singles matches in straight sets with the closest margin of victory being 6-2, 6-0, turned in by Smilovich.

“This match was a great win for our program. We are consistently improving every year and this proves that we can compete with any team out there,” said Smilovich.