BRISTOL, R.I.--Visiting Western New England battled but came out on the short end of a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Roger Williams in quarterfinal action of the 2014 Commonwealth Coast Conference women's tennis championships on Tuesday at the RWU Tennis Courts. With the win, the No. 3-seeded Hawks (11-3 overall) advance to the CCC Semifinals, where they will travel to take on second seed Nichols College at 2 p.m. Thursday. The No. 6-seed Golden Bears close their traditional fall season at 7-7.

All-conference standouts sophomore Joeanna Glantz and freshman Lauren Sell lost a hard-fought No. 1 doubles match to Alexandra Brown/Lauren Schmidt, 8-5. Roger Williams also won at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles by scores of 8-3 and 8-0.

Western New England will return to the court with a few spring dates.

The future looks bright for WNE as four freshmen--Sell, No. 3 singles/No. 2 doubles Christina D'Agostino, No. 3 doubles tandem of Jessica Breitweg/Alice Mathews--and two sophomores--Glantz and No. 5 singles Corey St. Louis--were in the lineup this afternoon and played most of the season.

Singles competition
1. Lauren Schmidt (RWU) vs. Lauren Sell (WNEW) 5-4, unfinished
2. Kathryn Hughes (RWU) vs. Joeanna Glantz (WNEW) 6-1, 2-1, unfinished
3. Harley Kaiserman (RWU) vs. Christina D'Agostino (WNEW) 6-2, 3-2, unfinished
4. Alexandra Brown (RWU) def. Kelly Byrnes (WNEW) 6-0, 6-0
5. Caroline McCarthy (RWU) vs. Corey St. Louis (WNEW) 6-0, 1-0, unfinished
6. Ali Stankiewicz (RWU) def. Michele Magliulo (WNEW) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Alexandra Brown/Lauren Schmidt (RWU) def. Joeanna Glantz/Lauren Sell (WNEW) 8-5
2. Harley Kaiserman/Caitlin Pierpoint (RWU) def. Kelly Byrnes/Christina D'Agostino (WNEW) 8-3
3. Kathryn Hughes/Gabrielle Riley (RWU) def. Jessica Breitweg/Alice Mathews (WNEW) 8-0

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,6)
T-2:00  A-50