It’s fish or cut bait time for the Lady Dragon tennis team, as they needed one more win to qualify for postseason play as the week started. With four games remaining on the regular-season schedule it would seem like an easy task, but the remaining games after Monday’s match with North Quincy are against the iron of the Lady Dragons’ schedule.

The team got off to a good start last week with a 4-1 win over Silver Lake in Patriot League action.

Michaela Dowd took care of the Laker’s No. 1 player, Taylor Griffa, with a 6-1/6-3 win, while Casey Reinhart at No. 3 singles had a marathon match in beating Hayley Perrane in a three-set tie-breaker 6-2/6-6 (TB 3-7), (TB 7-2).

The Duxbury duo of Julia Allen and Erin Nelson barely broke a sweat at No. 1 doubles with a 6-0/6-0 shutout of Allie Creighton and Emily Schiarizzi, while the No. 2 doubles tandem of Therese Kozmiski and Nicole Hanrahan took care of Sam Crespi  and Alison Bierger, 6-4/6-1.

This was Duxbury’s second win over the Lakers and would hopefully build some momentum for last Wednesday’s match with Scituate. Unfortunately, it wasn’t in the cards, as Coach Jutta Rossano’s team put up little opposition to the Sailors in a 5-0 loss.

Scituate’s Kate O’Connor knocked off Michaela Dowd at No. 1 singles, 6-0/6-2, while Tucker lost to Caroline Martin in the No. 2 slot, 6-2/6-2. Shawna Cochran was too much for Reinhart at No. 3, winning her match 6-0/6-2

Doubles wasn’t any easier, as Allen and Nelson dropped two sets to Destanee Ringler and Roisin Sullivan, 6-2/6-1, and Kozmiski and Hanrahan had their hands full with Christina McCourt and Shalyn O’Malley, 6-2/6-1.

It went from one extreme to the next on Friday as the Lady Dragons took care of Whitman-Hanson, 5-0.

First set wins by Dowd over Kristie Mielbye (6-1/6-3), Tucker over Lindsay Clay (6-0/6-3), and Reinhart over Rachel Pellegrine (6-1/6-0) made for a comfortable afternoon and a quick match on the Panthers’ home court.

Nelson and Allen at  No. 1 doubles were on the bus quickly with a shutout over Brenna Jackson and Alexa Schofield, 6-0/6-0, while Kozmiski and Hanrahan were not far behind with their blanking of Alyssa Hayes and Emily Arthur, 6-0/6-0.

In possession of a 9-5 record to start the week, Duxbury hopes they can finish above the .500 mark and be ready for the tournament at the end of the month.