NEW LONDON, N.H. - For the fourth year in a row, the top-seeded Colby-Sawyer Chargers are the 2024 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Tennis Champions, defeating the No. 2 seed University of Saint Joseph (Conn.), 5-0. With the victory, the Chargers earn the league's automatic qualifier into the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships, which will be held in the spring. 

Recap Courtesy of the Colby-Sawyer Athletic Communications Department:

Rapid Recap: 

• The Chargers swept the doubles, taking a 3-0 lead over the Blue Jays. Sophomore Maria Espinosa Lopez (Merida, Mexico) and senior Isabella Gutierrez (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) picked up a convincing 8-1 victory at number two doubles.
• Gutierrez picked up the fourth point for the Chargers at number four singles winning 6-0, 6-1 while sophomore Payton Dugan (Vincennes, Ind.) would clinch the 5-0 victory for the Chargers at number one singles winning 6-0, 6-3.
• The all-tournament team consisted of three Chargers, senior Elise Hogan (Duxbury, Mass.), Gutierrez, and Dugan, while Gutierrez also took home tournament MVP.

All-Tournament Team

Albertus Magnus, Juju Oliver

Simmons, Emilie Lapointe

USJ- Maddie Rossetti, Olivia Santoro

Colby-Sawyer: Payton Dugan, Elise Hogan, and Isabella Gutierrez Avendaño (MVP)

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