Powerhouse Williams Beats Ithaca In NCAAs
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Ithaca College women's tennis team saw its 2013-14 season come to an end Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships. The six-time defending national champion Williams Ephs defeated Ithaca 5-0 in a regional hosted by Williams. Ithaca concluded its season with a 14-7 overall record, and made its eighth-consecutive trip to the national tournament, advancing to the second round for the third consecutive year.
Ithaca dropped three doubles matches, and then Williams closed out the match with 6-0, 6-0 wins at fifth and sixth singles.
It marked the final match in the illustrious career of
Cristina Nunez, a graduate student who finishes her time at Ithaca as the all-time leader in singles, doubles and overall victories. She has a career record of 80-17 in singles, 66-28 in doubles and an overall record of 146-45. She is a three-time selection as Empire 8 Player of the Year, an eight-time all-conference First Team (four singles, four doubles) and was three-time MVP of the Empire 8 Championship (2009, 2010, 2012). She has been individually-ranked in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and was an ITA national tournament qualifier in 2013. Nunez has been an Empire 8 President's List Honoree with a 3.75 grade-point average.
#3 Williams 5, Ithaca 0
NCAA Division III Championships - Second Round
05/10/14 at Hunt Tennis Center
(Williamstown, Mass.)
Singles competition
1. Kara Shoemaker (WILL) vs.
Cristina Nunez (IC) 6-1, 0-0, unfinished
2. Linda Shin (WILL) vs.
Haley Kusak (IC) 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
3. Kathleen Elkins (WILL) vs.
Carly Siegel (IC) 6-1, 3-0, unfinished
4. Maria Pylypiv (WILL) vs.
Allison Vizgaitis (IC) 6-0, 3-0, unfinished
5. Rebecca Curran (WILL) def.
Alyssa Steinweis (IC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Monica Pastor (WILL) def.
Kelly Fishback (IC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Rebecca Curran/Kara Shoemaker (WILL) def.
Cristina Nunez/
Alyssa Steinweis (IC) 8-1
2. Kathleen Elkins/Maria Pylypiv (WILL) def.
Haley Kusak/
Carly Siegel (IC) 8-0
3. Hannah Atkinson/Linda Shin (WILL) def.
Kelly Fishback/
Allison Vizgaitis (IC) 8-0
Team Records:
Ithaca 14-7
Williams 20-2; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,5)