Release courtesy of St. Joseph's Athletics
FLUSHING, N.Y.—Junior Tathiana Pierre (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Ford) extended her winning streak to nine matches and led the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's tennis team to a 7-2 Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory on Thursday evening at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
With the win, the Lady Bears (3-6, 2-1 HVIAC) have won three of their last four and secured at least a third place finish in league play.
Pierre, Victoria LoBosco (Glendale, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy), Madeline Moravek (Whitestone, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) and Deirdre Lavelle (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall) each secured two points toward the victory.
St. Joseph's raced out to a 4-0 lead in singles play before the Knights won the last two matches of the session to cut the deficit to 4-2.
Moravek posted a 10-0 shutout at No. 5 singles to improve to 3-0 in league play, while LoBosco and Lavelle claimed convincing 10-1 and 10-2 triumphs at No. 3 and No. 6 singles, respectively.
Pierre extended her win streak to five matches and now boasts a conference-best 3-0 record at No. 1 singles in league play, winning 10-3 over Rhena Kaula.
The Lady Bears quickly sealed the victory when doubles play began as Moravek and Lavelle posted an 8-0 shutout at No. 3 doubles closely followed by Samantha Rossi(Bayside, N.Y./Mary Louis) and Mary Edward (Glendale, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) pitching a shutout of their own at No. 2 doubles.
Pierre teamed up with LoBosco and closed out the doubles sweep with an 8-3 triumph, the duo now with an HVIAC-leading 3-0 record in doubles.
The Lady Bears will return to action on Sunday, October 19 in their HVIAC finale against defending champion Pratt Institute. First serve against the Willoughby Avenue rivals is slated for 1 p.m. at the Pratt tennis courts.
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Release courtesy of Berkeley Athletics
The Berkeley College New York women's tennis team dropped a Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match on Thursday evening, as the Knights fell to the Bears of St. Joseph's College of Brooklyn by a score of 7-2 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. With the win, the Bears improved to 3-6 on the 2014 campaign, and 2-1 in conference competition, while Berkeley fell to 1-4 on the year (1-3 in HVIAC play).
St. Joseph's College took control of the match in the early stages, winning all three doubles sets to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the match. At No. 1 doubles, it was the Bears' combination of Tathiana Pierre and Victoria LoBosco defeating the Knights' pair of Victoria Mikalsen-Sandstad and Rheana Kaula by a score of 8-3. No. 2 doubles saw St. Joseph's team of Samantha Rossi and Mary Edward silence Berkeley's Marie Evje and Alexandra Kadyakina 8-0, and finally it was the Bears' Madeline Moravek and Deirdre Lavelle shutting out the Knights' paiiring of Jigme Sangmo and Gabriele Burkoth de Andrad, 8-0.
When play switched to singles, St. Joseph' won four of the six sets to account for the 7-2 final score. The Bears picked up singles victories at the No. 1 flight (Pierre over Kaula, 10-3), No. 3 flight (LoBosco over Evje 10-1), No. 5 flight (Moravek over Sangmo, 10-0), and No. 6 flight (Lavelle over Burkoth de Andrad, 10-2). Berkeley College did pick up a pair of hard-fought singles wins, as Mikalsen-Sandstad outlasted Rossi at No. 2 singles, 10-7, and Kadyakina defeated Edward, 10-8 at No. 4 singles.
The Knights will have eight days off before returning to action on Saturday, October 25, as Berkeley College will compete at the 2014 Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships. For more information on that event, keep it posted to www.berkeleycollegeknights.com.
