PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Bridgewater State captured the 2007 Little East Conference Women’s Tennis Championship on Sunday afternoon at Rhode Island College. The Bears, who will advance to the NCAA Div. III Women’s Tennis Championships this spring, finished with 20.0 points, four ahead of the second place Anchorwomen.

Bridgewater State captured four singles and one doubles championship, while the Anchorwomen took one singles and two doubles titles. Salem State won at No. 1 singles to round out the winners.

Top-seeded Salem State sophomore Megan Cote (Milton, Mass.) defeated sixth-seeded UMass Boston senior Aurora Lormeus (Milton, Mass.), 7-6, 7-1, to capture the Little East Championship at No. 1 singles.

Top-seeded Bridgewater State senior Angie Bizzozero (Norwell, Mass.) defeated second-seeded Plymouth State junior Meghan Rodier (Francestown, N.H.), 6-3, 6-0, to capture the Little East Championship at No. 2 singles.

Top-seeded Rhode Island College freshman Liz O’Connell (Harrisville, R.I.) defeated second-seeded UMass Dartmouth junior Becky Bullock (Wrentham, Mass.), 6-1, 6-3, to capture the Little East Championship at No. 3 singles.

Top-seeded Bridgewater State sophomore Paulina Ucher (Webster, Mass.) defeated third-seeded Western Connecticut junior Susan Kiselak (Danbury, Conn.), 6-3, 6-1, to capture the Little East Championship at No. 4 singles.

Top-seeded Bridgewater State senior Alison Tripp (South Dennis, Mass.) defeated second-seeded Rhode Island College sophomore Jaclyn Eastman (Mansfield, Mass.), 6-2, 6-1, to capture the Little East Championship at No. 5 singles.

Second-seeded Bridgewater State freshman Danielle Linscott (Uxbridge, Mass.) upset top-seeded UMass Dartmouth senior Nicole Cross (Dunstable, Mass.), 6-4, 6-2, to capture the Little East Championship at No. 6 singles.

Earlier in the day, the top-seeded tandem of Rhode Island College junior Meg Funk (Oakdale, Conn.) and senior Sasha Doonan Rodriguez (Pawtucket, R.I.) defeated the second-seeded pair of UMass Boston senior Lormeus and sophomore Emily Johnson (Saugus, Mass.), 9-8 (2), to capture their second consecutive Little East Championship at No. 1 doubles.

The No. 2 and No. 3 doubles championships were played yesterday afternoon.

The third-seeded tandem of Bridgewater State freshman Rachel Elman (Dighton, Mass.) and sophomore Ucher captured the Little East Championship at No. 2 doubles, defeating fourth-seeded UMass Dartmouth freshman Alexi Fiorta (Reading, MA) and freshman Amber Ubertini (Dalton, MA), 8-2.

The top-seeded pair of Rhode Island College of Eastman and freshman Brittany LaBarre (Greenville, R.I.) captured Little East Championship at No. 3 doubles, defeating second-seeded Bridgewater State seniors Tripp and Paula Araujo (Fall River, Mass.), 8-4.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

1. Bridgewater State (20.0)
2. Rhode Island College (16.0)
3. UMass Dartmouth (9.0)
4. Plymouth State (8.5)
4. Western Connecticut (8.5)
6. Salem State (7.5)
7. UMass Boston (6.5)
8. Southern Maine (0.5)

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