2016-17 Salve Regina Women's Tennis News

Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #1
Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #1

August 20, 2017

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina senior Emma Gruber (New Canaan, Conn.) played No. 1 singles all season (fall and spring) for the Seahawks and went into her final collegiate match with just one victory on the year, a three-set triumph in a team win at Curry College.

Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #2
Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #2

July 29, 2017

NEWPORT, R.I. - First-year Seahawk Priscilla Gaspard (Brockton, Mass.) rallied back from down a set to score her first collegiate singles win at Suffolk University.

Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #3
Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #3

July 09, 2017

NEWPORT, R.I. - First-year head coach Peter Torgrimson took his team on the road for the first time with only four players, just enough to score in a dual match.

Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #4
Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #4

June 18, 2017

NEWPORT, R.I. - Freshman Shealyn FitzPatrick (South Windsor, Conn.) scored a pair of victories for Salve Regina women's tennis in a 6-3 defeat of Eastern Nazarene College.

Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #5
Top Five Flashback: Women's Tennis #5

June 01, 2017

For the second straight season, Salve Regina men's and women's tennis hosted Johnson and Wales University for 18 matches on the six campus courts.

Emma Gruber (left) and Taylor Amendola paired for the first time as seniors at No. 1 doubles. (Photo by Erica Bonnette-Lykens)
Beacons keep Seahawks at bay in 5-4 win

April 02, 2017

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University women's tennis dropped a 5-4 decision in its first-ever meeting with UMass Boston.

Seven Seahawk teams contribute 54 athletes to the CCC All-Academic Team (Fall 2016): Victoria Varone, Jay Brennan, Emma Gruber, Kat Mendes, Courtney Bouchard, Sarah Thompson, Richie Finizio
Seahawks land 56 on Fall Academic All-CCC

January 30, 2017

NEWPORT, R.I. – Salve Regina University has landed 56 student-athletes on the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) 2016 Fall Academic All-Conference Team, announced by Commissioner Gregg M. Kaye.

Salve Regina director of athletics Jody Mooradian (left) joins Seahawk senior players Taylor Amendola and Emma Gruber with coaching staff and families. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Amendola, Gruber compete in final regular season fall home match against Wildcats

October 16, 2016

NEWPORT, R.I. – Johnson & Wales University women's tennis enjoyed the hospitality of Salve Regina University during the Seahawks' senior day festivities, and posted a 9-0 victory in Newport for the second straight year. The day included 18 matches on the six courts with the Wildcats' men's tennis team also competing against Salve Regina's men's team.

For the second time in her career, Emma Gruber earns second team all-conference singles in voting by the league's coaches.
Emma Gruber grabs second team all-conference singles accolades

October 11, 2016

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University senior Emma Gruber (New Canaan, Conn.) has earned all-conference accolades from the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) in voting by the league's nine head coaches.

Emma Gruber (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Hawks defeat Seahawks, 9-0

October 04, 2016

BRISTOL, R.I. - The Roger Williams University women's tennis team got back on the winning track Tuesday afternoon with a 9-0 victory against Salve Regina University.

Photo by Andrea Hansen
Gordon sweeps Salve Regina, 9-0

October 01, 2016

BEVERLY, Mass.—A little rain and a delayed start would not prevent Gordon women’s tennis from celebrating Senior Night with a 9-0 win over Salve Regina on Saturday evening.

Abigail Burke (background) and Anna Godshalk won in doubles and then singles to combine for three of Salve Regina's six wins on Wednesday. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Seahawks tame Lions, 6-3, in CCC action

September 28, 2016

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University took two of three doubles and four of six singles to finish with a 6-3 win against Eastern Nazarene College in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action in Newport.

Players and coaches from all seven schools in the 2016 Grass Court Doubles Championships hosted by Salve Regina University at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Bison win 2016 Grass Court Doubles Championships

September 24, 2016

NEWPORT, R.I. - Nichols College women's tennis reached all three flight championships, winning two, and earned 16 points to claim the 2016 Grass Court Doubles Championship hosted by Salve Regina University at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Priscilla Gaspard (foreground) prepares backhand volley as Emma Gruber helps close the middle. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Bison make it nine straight wins against Seahawks

September 21, 2016

NEWPORT, R.I. - Nichols College women's tennis improved to 5-0 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play with a 9-0 victory over Salve Regina University on the Seahawks' campus courts.

Taylor Amendola (foreground) and Anna Godshalk scored a 9-7 victory at third doubles for Salve Regina on Tuesday. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Golden Bears defeat Seahawks, 7-2

September 20, 2016

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (September 20, 2016) – The Western New England University women's tennis team posted a 7-2 victory over Salve Regina University this afternoon in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action at the Volvo Outdoor Courts.

Abigail Burke focuses on the ball during her singles match. (Photo by Ed Habershaw)
Gulls sweep Seahawks in women's tennis action in Newport

September 17, 2016

NEWPORT, R.I. - Five-time defending conference champion Endicott College swept all nine matches against Salve Regina University on the Seahawks' Newport campus courts.