FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Salisbury University women's tennis team saw its 2026 season come to a definitive end at the hands of the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, falling 4-0 in the third-place match of the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) Tournament on Sunday morning at Mary Washington's Hegmann Family Courts.
MATCH NOTES
- The Slugs rolled to quick victories in first and second doubles to win the first point. Ridgley Lake and Leah Osmon were leading in third doubles 3-2 at the point of clinch.
- UCSC secured the match with victories in third, fourth, and sixth singles.
- Gibelle Beaujon was closing in on a win in first singles, leading 6-2, 4-1 when the Slugs won their fourth point.
- Cleo Solomon and Osmon had also won a set each in second and fifth singles, respectively.
The Sea Gulls finished 10-7 in the first year of the
Tyler Linscott era. SU has now won double-digit matches in each of the past five seasons and in every non-COVID impacted season since 2006.
Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with affiliate membership in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (football, men's & women's swimming), Coastal Lacrosse Conference (men's lacrosse), State University of New York Athletic Conference (field hockey), and Colonial Women's Golf Conference (women's golf). With over 500 student-athletes in 23 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the nation's most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, featuring dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on and off the field. The Sea Gulls have won a combined 23 team national championships, 24 individual national championships, and 210 conference championships, and have produced 54 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit SUSeaGulls.com or follow on social media @SUSeaGulls.
