Posted: Sep 20, 2025
Women's Tennis Tops Lesley in 4-3 Battle
THE BASICS
Salem State University - 4
Lesley University -3
Records:
Salem State Vikings (2-0)
Lesley University Lynx (1-6)
Location: Salem, Mass. – Central Tennis Courts
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025
THE LEAD – The Salem State Vikings earned a hard-fought 4-3 win over the Lesley University Lynx Saturday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Vikings picked up the doubles point as Madison Sartori (Amesbury, Mass.) and Kenzie McLaren (Lynn, Mass.) earned a 6-4 win in the No. 1 pairing, while Samantha Tenney (Danvers, Mass.) and Ryann Tripp (Wareham, Mass.) grabbed a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles.
- Despite dropping the first two matches in singles, Samantha Bidzerkowny (Weelsville, N.Y.) got the Vikings back on track at No. 3 singles, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4.
- Lesley would take the No. 4 singles matchup, but Salem closed the match out by having wins at No. 5 singles from Tripp (6-2, 6-3) and Delaney Cox (Spencer, Mass.) (6-3, 6-1).
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Salem has now won the last two matchups against Lesley.
- Sartori and McLaren have now won four straight doubles matches as a pair, dating back to last season.
- The last time the Vikings started a season 2-0 was back in 2011, when Salem began the year 7-0.
UP NEXT
- Salem heads out on the road for a contest at Western Connecticut State on Saturday, September 27 at 1:00 p.m.