Release courtesy of Pratt Athletics
BROOKLYN -- Pratt Institute completed another undefeated season in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play and improved to 7-2 to close out the regular season with a pair of 9-0 wins, besting St. Joseph's (BK) and Vaughn College on Sunday at the ARC.
Cannoneers Agata Jakubowska, Gabriella Guerra, Sarah Conant and Megan Basaldua all picked up single-set victories in both matches in first through fourth singles, respectively. Luija Zhu scored a 10-1 sixth singles win against St. Joseph's Princess Baptiste, and fellow sophomore Emily Funk earned a fifth singles win by the same score over Vaughn's Talia Tilman. Freshman Stefani Reynolds, meanwhile, notched a 10-0 blanking of St. Joe's Lauren Towey.
In doubles play, Jakubowska and Guerra earned an 8-2 win over the Bears duo of Tathiana Pierre and Victoria LoBosco and knocked off Vaughn's Katherine Guerrero and Alexis Butler 8-0.
At 4-0 in HVIAC play, Pratt readies for next Saturday's HVIAC Tournament. As the top seed, the Cannoneers will attempt to earn a fourth consecutive league title.
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Release courtesy of St. Joseph's Athletics
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Junior Tathiana Pierre (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Ford) suffered her first loss in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play as the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's team was swept by Clinton Hill rivals Pratt Institute, 9-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Pratt ARC.
The Lady Bears (3-7, 2-2 HVIAC) wrapped up HVIAC regular season in third place, while three-time defending champion Pratt (7-2, 4-0 HVIAC), locked up their fourth straight regular season title.
Pierre saw her winning streak snapped just short of the double-digit mark, falling 8-2 at No. 1 doubles with Victoria LoBosco (Glendale, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy), while the hosts took the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches, 8-1 and 8-0, respectively.
Pierre faced a tough test in singles play against the defending HVIAC singles champion and saw her five-match singles win streak halted with a 10-2 defeat. LoBosco dropped a 10-3 decision in the No. 3 flight in the closest match of the singles session. Edward suffered a 10-2 setback at No. 4 singles.
The Lady Bears will have one final non-conference tuneup before the season-ending HVIAC Tournament against future Skyline Conference foes Yeshiva University on Monday, October 20th at 7 p.m. at the Queens College Tennis Center.
