After opening the season with three straight wins, the girls’ tennis team ran into its usual nemesis and was shutout by Hingham, 5-0.

Despite the dominance shown by the final score, Duxbury Coach Jutta Rossano said it wasn’t as bad as it looked.

“This was our first loss of the season. Although the score looks a bit grim, it isn’t a true representation of the tennis that was played,” said the coach. “Our girls played extremely well and many games went to several deuces. It was good tennis by all, but just not in our favor.”

Singles had its hands full, as Michaela Dowd fell to Roberta Bergstein (0-6/0-6) at No. 1 singles, Cory Tucker lost to Katherine Ripple (1-6/1-6) at No. 2, and Casey Reinhart was blanked by Julia Krumholz (0-6/0-6) in the No.3 slot.

The #1 doubles pairing of Erin Nelson and Julia Allen fell to Nikki Lind and Madi Lund, 2-6/3-6, while the No.2 tandem of Therese Kozmiski and Nicole Hanrahan fell to Holly Johnson and Katie Jacobson, 1-6/2-6.

The week started on a much happier note with a shutout win over Whitman-Hanson, 5-0, and a close victory over North Quincy, 3-2.

In the win over the Panthers last Monday, Dowd had an easy time with Kristie Mielbye, 6-0/ 6-0, while Tucker almost shutout Alexis Schofield, 6-0/6-1. Reinhart had an equally easy time beating Gabrielle Paulson, 6-1/6-0.

Both doubles tandems barely broke a sweat, as Nelson and Allen whipped Lindsay Clay and Rachel Pellegrine, 6-1/6-0, followed by a 6-0/6-0 victory by Kozmiski and Hanrahan over Alyssa Hayes and Brenna Jackson.

“Today was an easy win for the girls, playing against an inexperienced Whitman-Hanson team,” said Rossano. “It was a great opportunity for our younger team to get out and play some exhibition games.”

The toughest match of the week was against North Quincy, as Dowd and Tucker had the Lady Dragons in a hole right away at No.1 and No.2 singles.

Dowd lost to Elizabeth Sullivan, 2-6/2-6, while Tucker was on the losing end of 3-6/3-6 sets to Sara Sullivan. Reinhart held up the singles end for Duxbury with a 6-3/6-3 win over NQ’s Julia Ross.

Allen and Nelson won a tough second set via a 7-3 tie-breaker win (6-6) at first doubles after winning the first set rather easily with a 6-1 win over Tiffany Leung and Lindsey MacPherson. Kozmiski and Hanrahan continued to dominate their opponents with a 6-3/6-2 triumph over Mallory DeVoe and Julie Doyle at No.2 doubles.    

“Our doubles teams did a great job against North Quincy, but our first and second singles had a tough time against the Sullivan twins,” said Rossano. “We are looking forward to a rematch. Casey Reinhart at third singles played a super game and led with a convincing score.”

With a 3-1 record at the spring break, the Lady Dragons will return to action on Monday at 4 p.m. when they host Marshfield.