Hartwick Earns Regular Season Crown and Top Seed in E8 Tournament after 7-2 Win over Alfred on Senior Day

Women's Tennis | 10/7/2023 6:42:00 PM

DELHI, N.Y. – Hartwick College (8-3 Overall, 5-0 Empire 8) clinched the top seed in the Empire 8 Women's Tennis Championship Tournament for the second year in a row with a 7-2 over Alfred University (10-2 Overall, 4-1 Empire 8) in a match that was forced indoors at SUNY Delhi due to rain.
 
THE BASICS
 

• Final Score:  Hartwick 7, Alfred 2
• Location:  Delhi, N.Y.
• Records:  Hartwick (8-3 Overall, 5-0 Empire 8), Alfred (10-2 Overall, 4-1 Empire 8)

 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

• The Hawks were tested early at 1^st Doubles with Phoebe Olson (Jamestown, N.Dak.) and Jade Killikelly (Jamaica, N.Y.) dropping a tight match 8-7 (7-5).
• However, the 2^nd Doubles combo of Ryann Ashby (Malta, N.Y.) and Lily Vanuga (Springville, N.Y.) picked up an 8-3 win in their match, while the 3^rd Doubles tandem of Gianna Leggieri (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) and Colleen Marsh (Marcellus, N.Y.) made quick of their opponents winning 8-0.
• The Singles round saw three of the six matches go to three sets.
• Despite the tightly contested matches, the Hawks would win all three with Olson picking up the 1^st Singles win, Ashby notching the 3^rd Singles win, and Marsh outlasting her opponent in the third set (12-10) in the 5^th Singles spot.
• Killikelly wrapped up her Senior Day match with a 6-3, 6-3 straight set win at 2^nd Singles.
• Maggie Van Valkenburgh (Highland, N.Y.) rounded out the singles winners with a quick 6-0, 6-0 win at 6^th Singles.
• With the win, the Hawks earned their second-straight #1 seeding in the Empire 8 playoffs which begin on Friday, October 13.

 
UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS
 
The Hawks wrap up their Empire 8 slate tomorrow with a 1 PM match at Utica.
 
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