Box Score BEVERLY, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's tennis team played its fourth match in six days on Tuesday, losing at regional power Endicott College, 6-1, at the South Campus Courts. The Gulls won the last four Conference of New England championships to qualify for the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-4), Endicott (1-1)

LEADERS

• First-year Annabelle Aldrete (Wichita, Kan./Andover eCademy), 1 win (1st college win)

MATCH FACTS

• The teams met for only the second time, last playing on Sept. 17, 2011.

THE ACTION

• Endicott swept doubles to take a 1-0 lead. First-years Katie Rocha (Stratham, N.H./Exeter) and Jedidah Xu (Ellington, Conn./Ellington) nearly erased a 4-0 deficit at No. 2 before losing a 6-4 decision, and Aldrete and sophomore Emma Gredenhag (Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny) were downed by a 6-2 count at No. 1.
• The Gulls clinched the match after Rocha suffered a 6-3, 6-0 setback at No. 4 singles. Xu lost a close 6-2, 6-4 decision in the third spot before Gredenhag was downed by a 6-2, 6-4 count at No. 1.
• In the second position, Aldrete rallied for a 1-6, 6-2, 10-5 win, capping the victory in a third-set super tiebreaker after dropping her opening set.

NEXT MATCH

• Beginning on Friday, competitors head to the four-day Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Regional Championship at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.