Ithaca Women's Tennis Blanks St. John Fisher 9-0

Ithaca Women's Tennis Blanks St. John Fisher 9-0

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Ithaca College women's tennis team maintained its perfect record in dual matches this season with another 9-0 victory. The latest came Thursday evening against St. John Fisher at Mendon Racquet Club. The Bombers are 6-0 on the season and 5-0 in Empire 8 matches. The Bombers return to action Sunday at Stevens.

Freshman Haley Kusak (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) moved into the first singles position and rallied to pull out a three-set match. Kusak dropped the first set in a tiebreaker and trailed 4-1 in the second set before winning five straight games to take the set 6-4. Kusak then went on to win 10-8 in the super tiebreaker to take the match.

Earlier in the match, Kusak teamed with Allison Young (Newport, R.I./The Prout School) to win 9-7 at first doubles. The Bombers won the other doubles matches with little difficulty. Alyssa Steinweis (East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick) and Allison Vizgaitis (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) won 8-1 at second doubles and Sydney Greenspan (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill) and Maddie Overholt (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) won 8-2 at third doubles.

Ithaca 9, St. John Fisher 0
10/03/13 at Rochester, N.Y.
(Mendon Racquet Club)

Singles competition
1. Haley Kusak (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) (IC) def. Katie Pasier (SJF) 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 10-8
2. Allison Young (Newport, R.I./The Prout School) (IC) def. Lauren Burke (SJF) 6-1, 6-2
3. Allison Vizgaitis (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) (IC) def. Rosalie O'Brien (SJF) 6-0, 6-1
4. Alyssa Steinweis (East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick) (IC) def. Alissa Cornacchia (SJF) 7-5, 6-0
5. Jodi Grosberg (Needham, Mass./Needham) (IC) def. Eileen Fleming (SJF) 6-0, 6-0
6. Maddie Overholt (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) (IC) def. Olivia Rotondo (SJF) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Haley Kusak (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland)/Allison Young (Newport, R.I./The Prout School) (IC) def. Lauren Burke/Katie Pasier (SJF) 9-7
2. Alyssa Steinweis (East Brunswick, N.J./East Brunswick)/Allison Vizgaitis (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) (IC) def. Catie Nonenmacher/Rosalie O'Brien (SJF) 8-1
3. Sydney Greenspan (Rocky Hill, Conn./Rocky Hill)/Maddie Overholt (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) (IC) def. Taylor Duquette/Eileen Fleming (SJF) 8-2

Team Records:
Ithaca 7-0, 6-0 Empire 8
St. John Fisher 3-6, 3-3 Empire 8

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,2,4,5,6,1)