Nazareth and Ithaca Blank Opponents
Nazareth 9, St. John Fisher 0 (
Box Score)
Host Nazareth dominated St. John Fisher in an Empire 8 women's tennis match Tuesday as the Golden Flyers won all six singles matches in straight sets for a 9-0 victory over the Cardinals.
Nazareth improved to 6-4 overall and 5-2 in conference matches. Fisher is 4-7 overall and 4-4 in the Empire 8.
Senior
Alison Tepas improved to 8-3 in singles competition this fall with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Fisher's Katie Pasier at first singles. Freshman
Sara Kashtan won her first singles match of the season as she dispatched Lauren Burke 6-3, 6-4 at second singles.
The rest of the singles matches weren't as close. Freshman
Jean mcCarthy and senior
Krista Pagan each won 6-0, 6-0 at third and sixth singles respectively. Sophomore
Ami Petosa won 6-1, 6-0 at #4 and junior
Adrienne Sharza won 6-0, 6-1 at #5.
The closest doubles match was at #1 where Kashtan and Tepas combined for a 9-7 win over Burke and Pasier. Pagan and Sharza combined to win 8-0 at #2 and McCarthy and petosa won by the same score at #3.
Ithaca 9, Hartwick 0 (
Box Score)
The Ithaca College women's tennis team closed out its Empire 8 regular-season schedule with a 9-0 win over Hartwick on Tuesday at the Wheeler Tennis Courts. Ithaca improved to 8-0 overall and 7-0 in the Empire 8. The Bombers will be the top seed at the Empire 8 championships Oct. 19-20 in Ithaca. Hartwick fell to 5-7 overall and 2-5 in the Empire 8.
Haley Kusak and
Marni Blumenthal were 8-0 winners at first doubles to get Ithaca started. Each later won their singles matches. Kusak won 6-1, 6-3 at first singles and Blumenthal was a 6-1, 6-3 winner at fourth singles.
Allison Vizgaitis and
Alyssa Steinweis won at second doubles and also won in singles play.
Carly Siegel and
Kelly Fishback won at third doubles.
Ithaca will host the New York State Division III Women's Tennis Championships this weekend at the Wheeler Tennis Courts and Glazer Arena. Action begins at 9 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and includes 14 teams from across the state, competing for titles in three doubles and six singles brackets.