Stevens Women's Tennis Wins 9-0 to Stay Unbeaten
HOBOKEN, N.J. (October 8, 2011) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women’s tennis team squashed Elmira College 9-0 at the Stevens Tennis Courts on Saturday afternoon. It is the sixth time this season the Ducks have won a head-to-head match 9-0, and their aggregate total is now 77-4 this year. Saturday’s victory sets up Sunday’s high noon showdown with Ithaca for the Empire 8 regular season championship.
Elmira managed to win just one doubles game all afternoon, as freshman Jessica Bourque and sophomore Lisa Tessitore swept 8-0 at first doubles and senior Morgan Scalzi and freshman Danielle Stewart did the same at thirds. Seniors Nicole Portner and Mine Bese won their second doubles matchup by an 8-1 final.
Things were not much closer at singles, where Bourque (first singles) and Stewart (third) earned 6-0, 6-0 sweeps to clinch the match for Stevens. Bese rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 win at fourth singles, while Tessitore, Portner and junior Alexandra Handel all won with relative ease as well.