Preview: Salve Regina women's tennis hosts its 35th Grass Court Doubles Championships at Tennis Hall of Fame
SEPTEMBER 21 | 1 p.m. TENNIS HALL OF FAME • NEWPORT, R.I. |
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NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University women's tennis hosts the 35th annual Grass Court Doubles Championships at the Tennis Hall of Fame on Friday, September 21 (1 p.m.). Today's teams competing in three flights of doubles include Colby-Sawyer College, College of the Holy Cross, Johnson & Wales University, Mount Holyoke College, Nichols College, University of Saint Joseph, and host Salve Regina University.
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NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 20, 2018) - NEWPORT, R.I. - Endicott College freshman Justine Hoover (Wallingford, Conn.) won at second doubles and first singles to contribute two points in a 9-0 Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) women's tennis victory over Salve Regina University.
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SERIES AND STREAKS
Salve Regina was the last team to repeat as champion at the Tennis Hall of Fame event, 2005 and 2006.
QUICK HITS
- Salve Regina has hosted the event on the historic grass courts each year since 1984.
- Providence College won the first championship in 1984.
- Salve Regina has won the event seven times (last time in 2006).
- Most championships won by a visiting school is three (Wheaton College in 1993, 1994, and 1998).
- The event has been rained out twice (1992 and 2008) and moved to hard courts once (2009).
- Over 50 different players expected to participate in today's event.
- Seven schools (Seahawks have two full teams) entere a doubles pair in three flights; each match is an eight-game pro set.
- Mount Holyoke College and University of Saint Joseph are making their second consecutive appearances in the Grass Court Doubles Championships.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Seahawks have their fourth event in four days when they travel to Western New England College in Springfield, Mass., to play the Golden Bears in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) match.