Weymouth, Mass.—Freshman Haylie Peacock (West Gardiner, Maine) won in straight sets at No. 4 singles as Rhode Island College lost a closely-contested match, 5-4, vs. UMass Boston indoors at the Weymouth Club on Saturday night.
 
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 5, Rhode Island College 4
UMass Boston (8-2, 5-0 LEC)
Rhode Island College (13-1, 6-1 LEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Both clubs were undefeated in Little East play coming into the contest and four of the nine matches required tiebreakers.
 
• The Beacons built a 3-0 lead by winning all three doubles matches, with UMB barely edging the Anchorwomen at the No. 1 and No. 2 flights.
 
• UMB took first singles before Peacock notched a win (6-1, 6-1) at No. 4 singles. The Beacons won at second singles to clinch the win, while RIC took the remaining singles bouts.
 
• Freshman Arianna De Thomas (Providence, R.I.) needed a tiebreaker to win at third singles and equal Peacock on the season with identical undefeated, 14-0, records.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
In upcoming action, Rhode Island College will wrap up the regular season with its final Little East match of the fall at Western Connecticut on Tuesday, Oct. 8 (3:30 p.m.).