FLUSHING, N.Y. — In only their second year in existence, top seeded Berkeley College captured the 2015 Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women’s tennis championship with a 9-0 victory over No. 2 Pratt Institute on Saturday afternoon at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Berkeley earned the regular season title with an unblemished 3-0 record in the regular season and didn’t surrender a match en route to their first title, ending Pratt’s four-year reign atop the conference.

The Knights assembled a dominating performance winning all nine flights by a margin of five games or greater, led by 2015 HVIAC Player of the Year Ceren Aksoy and 2015 HVIAC Co-Rookie of the Year Maria Avila atop the lineup at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, and pairing up at the top doubles position.

Following Avila was Kate Gorshunova at No. 3 singles and Victoria Mikalsen-Sandstad at No. 4 singles, Alessandra Lippolis at No. 5 singles and Susan Wong at No. 6 singles. The four Knights dropped only one game on the afternoon in their singles and doubles matches combined.

In the first championship contested in a team tournament, Berkeley earned their spot in the title game with a 5-0 semifinal victory over No. 4 seed Vaughn College while Pratt dispatched No. 3 seed The College of New Rochelle, 9-0, in the other semifinal.

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2015 HVIAC Women's Tennis Championships

Semifinals

#2 Pratt def. #3 New Rochelle, 9-0 | Box | Monday, October 26
#1 Berkeley def. #4 Vaughn, 5-0 | Box | Thursday, October 29

Championship - Saturday, October 31
at USTA Billy Jean King National Tennis Center 

#1 Berkeley def. #2 Pratt, 9-0 | Box 

Tournament & Regular Season Champions

Berkeley College

Tournament Runner-Up

Pratt Institute