Women's Tennis | 9/17/2022 4:50:00 PM
UTICA, NY – The Alfred University women's tennis team picked up a 9-0 win over Utica University on Saturday afternoon, resulting in their first Empire 8 conference victory of the season.
With the win, the Saxons (6-0, 1-0 Empire 8) have won each of their first six matches to start the season for just the third time in program history.
"The team is excited to be off to such a great start," Head Coach
Jordan Crouch said. "It was an awesome atmosphere today, especially in singles. It was a great team win up and down the ladder."
Macy Youngberg (Falconer, NY/Falconer Central) and
Alina Zabihailo (Kyiv, Ukraine/Educational Complex #143) picked up the first point of the afternoon from the top spot in doubles action for AU, winning 8-5.
Anna Gwozdz (South Wales, NY/South Wales) and
Eve Liu (Yantai, China/Wilbraham and Monson Academy) won a contested matchup from No. 2 doubles by an 8-6 score.
Abigail Call (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) and
Alexis Giordano (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter) rounded out doubles play with an 8-4 victory.
In singles, Youngberg did not allow a single point from No. 4 during her 6-0, 6-0 victory. Zabihailo represented the Saxons from No. 1 singles, winning 6-2, 6-4 to seal the victory. Alfred University continued to play well throughout the afternoon, as Call, Giordano, Liu, and Gwozdz all picked up singles wins.
"Cortland is another great program that will help us get to the next level to compete against some great conference teams that we have left. Looking forward to going out and beating a team that has historically had our number!"
Alfred University will next travel to face SUNY Cortland for their final non-conference matchup of the season on Thursday with matches scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
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