Stevens Opens Season With Win
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (September 3, 2016) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's tennis team pulled off a doubles sweep Saturday in a 6-3 win over Nazareth College in the 2016 opener.
The win moves Stevens to 1-0 on the young season, while Naz drops to 0-1.
The veteran/rookie duo of senior
Alexis Connor and freshman
Isabella Calandra opened things up with an 8-6 victory at first doubles, followed soon after by an 8-4 win for junior
Katrina Guido and sophomore
Sydney Zoretic.
Guido and Zoretic picked up where they left off last year as the duo won nine times in 15-16.
Sophomore
Jill Hadwen and freshman
Julia Earl completed the sweep from there with an 8-3 victory at third to give Stevens the commanding lead heading into singles.
Naz battled back with a win at fourth, but Guido brought the Ducks closer to victory with a 6-4. 6-2 win at third. Senior
Jillian Morneau answered with a 7-5, 6-3 win at sixth, before Naz followed with a win at first to inch closer.
That's as close as the home squad would get however as Calandra sealed the win with a three-set win at fifth to net her the first singles victory of her career.
The Ducks will continue their E8 road swing tomorrow with an 11 a.m. match at Ithaca College.
1.
Isabella Calandra/
Alexis Connor (STEVENS) def. Allison Friends/Marisa Joyce (NAZARETH) 8-6
2.
Katrina Guido/
Sydney Zoretic (STEVENS) def. Jean McCarthy/Elizabeth Karstedt (NAZARETH) 8-4
3.
Jill Hadwen/
Julia Earl (STEVENS) def. Maeve Morgan/Aliana Burgos (NAZARETH) 8-3
1. Jean McCarthy (NAZARETH) def.
Alexis Connor (STEVENS) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
2. Allison Friends (NAZARETH) def.
Victoria Piskarev (STEVENS) 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)
3.
Katrina Guido (STEVENS) def. Marisa Joyce (NAZARETH) 6-4, 6-2
4. Elizabeth Karstedt (NAZARETH) def.
Sydney Zoretic (STEVENS) 6-2, 6-2
5.
Isabella Calandra (STEVENS) def. Maeleh Nadeau (NAZARETH) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
6.
Jillian Morneau (STEVENS) def. Aliana Burgos (NAZARETH) 7-5, 6-3