NEWTOWN, NJ - Behind the strong play of Meghan Conrad, the Northampton women's tennis team won their second match of the year, downing Bucks County Community College, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon.

Conrad earned her first victory of the season at #1 singles, downing Alexis Maier 6-3, 6-3 and the Spartans earned 5 points total in singles play, with wins by Krista Maue at #3, Shelby Toth at #4 and forfeit victories at #5 and #6.

In the doubles competition, Conrad teamed with Allison Potter to down Alexis Maier and Joanna Gocan 8-8 (7-4 tiebreaker), while Maue and Toth fell to Kayla Caruso and Ella Haluza, 8-5.  NCC picked up a forfeit win at #3 doubles.

"I'm really happy for the girls," commented Head Coach Megan Groh, "they have been working very hard in practice and it showed today ... hopefully this will be a confidence builder for the rest of the season."

Results
#1 singles - Conrad (N) over Maier (B) 6-3, 6-3
#2 singles - Gocan (B) over Potter (N) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
#3 singles - Maue (N) over Caruso (B) 6-3, 6-3
#4 singles - Toth (N) over Maluza (B) 6-4, 6-0
#5 singles - Konczyk (N) forfeit win
#6 singles - Qammaz (N) forfeit win

#1 doubles - Conrad & Potter (N) over Maier & Gocan (B) 8-8 (7-4 tiebreaker)
#2 doubles - Caruso & Haluza (B) over Maue & Toth (N) 8-5
#3 doubles - Konczyk & Qammaz (N) forfeit win

The win propels Northampton to 2-4 overall, while Bucks falls to 0-5.

NCC returns to action on September 27th when they travel to the Community College of Philadelphia.