WATERVILLE, ME. -- In their home and season opener, Colby College women's tennis team managed two key victories as they played a tough Jumbos team. Each of the doubles and singles matches were played extremely well by both teams, though the score does not indicate the intensity and quality of play in the individual matches.

Colby's two wins came in close matches, each taking three sets to decide the victor. #2 seed Britt Palmedo (junior, Ketchum, ID) took her first set, 6 games to 1, against Tufts' senior, Erika Lee (Layton, UT). Palmedo then lost her second set (3-6) but came back fighting to take the third set (6-4) and the match. Colby #6 seed Paige Hanzlik (freshman, Oak Brook, IL) won her first intercollegiate match, defeating Tufts' freshman Trina Spear (Miami, FL). Though losing her first set, 2 games to 6, she fought back, taking the second set (7-5) and the third set (6-3) to win the match.

Tufts 7, Colby 2
Colby vs. Tufts University - 9/22
Harold Alfond Athletic Center, Waterville, ME
11:00 am