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(1999) - Joy Higgins compiled a 53-3 career singles record in tennis, for a .946 winning percentage. She was 18-1 and won all regular season contests in her freshman year. She also won the individual singles NECC tournament, and helped lead the team to the NECC title, losing in the finals of the New England Division II tournament.
In 1992, Joy went 17-2 and lost one regular season match to a player whom she later defeated in the New Englands. Joy won the NECCs at firs singles and helped lead her team to the NECC title in her junior year, but lost in the finals of New England Division II's.
As captain in her senior season, she featured an 18-0 record. That year, she won the singles title of the NECC; the team won the conference title; and Joy won the New Englands in her final match. Competing against all Divisions, Joy won the Consolation Tournament of the Volvo Collegiate Spring Invitational, and ended her final season with a record of 23-1.
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