NEW LONDON, N.H. - Seven players won as the Saint Michael's College women's tennis team defeated 2025 NCAA Division III Tournament qualifier Colby-Sawyer College, 6-1, on Wednesday at the Kelsey Courts. The Purple Knights knocked off a 2025 NCAA Division III Tournament squad for the second time this season, as the Chargers competed in the past 11 national championship tournaments.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-0)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Lucy McPherson (Vancouver, British Columbia/Magee Secondary School), 2 wins
• Sophomore Jedidah Xu (Ellington, Conn./Ellington), 2 wins
• Junior Emma Gredenhag (Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny), 1 win
• Sophomore Annabelle Aldrete (Wichita, Kan./Andover eCademy), 1 win
• Sophomore Katie Rocha (Stratham, N.H./Exeter), 1 win
• First-year Olivia Larsen (Riverview, New Brunswick/Riverview), 1 win
• First-year Ana Maria Ricaurte (Guayaquil, Ecuador/Colegio Alemán Humboldt de Guayaquil), 1 win

MATCH FACTS

• The contest counted toward the Purple Knights' overall record but was officially a scrimmage for Colby-Sawyer.
• Saint Michael's is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since beginning the 2012-13 season 4-0.
• Dating back to last spring, Saint Michael's has won five consecutive matches, its longest streak since September 2011-February 2012, when it won seven in a row.
• In a series that has been intermittently contested over the years, the Purple Knights defeated the Chargers for the first time since Oct. 1, 1987, and in New London for the first time since Sept. 26, 1986.
• Saint Michael's has earned each of its three victories in different states.

THE ACTION

• Aldrete and Xu made their season debut together by blanking their foe at No. 3 doubles, moving to 6-1 all-time as a tandem. Gredenhag and McPherson followed with a clinching 6-4 win at No. 1 to give their team a 1-0 lead. The duo moved to 3-0 this season.
• Larsen and Ricaurte nearly completed the sweep but lost a 7-5 decision in the second spot.
• Xu (No. 4) and Ricaurte (No. 5) opened singles play by each dropping only one game in straight-set wins, and Larsen came through with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2 to secure the team victory.
• Rocha added a 6-3, 6-1 triumph in the sixth spot before McPherson claimed a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 1.

NEXT MATCH

• Saturday at Endicott College, 1 p.m.