Elmira College Soaring Eagles Head Coach: James McGuire
Name--Class Megan Boisclair ’15 Eva Bouchard ’15 Kristi Chanda ’17 Caitlin Dwyer ’16 Kayla Fitzgerald ’15 Megan Fitzgerald ’18 Ellen Plowman ’16 Kimberly Salkin ’18 Amy Schmidt ’15 Stephanie Tock ’16 Ayaka Yoshino ’16 Rebecca Zeuschner ’18
Ht. 5’5” 5’2” 5’6” 5’10” 5’6” 5’7” 5’7” 5’5” 5’4” 5’9” 5’4” 5’3”
Hometown--Secondary School Biddeford, ME -- Biddeford Syracuse, NY -- Henninger Ewing, NJ -- Ewing Apalachin, NY -- Vestal Thomaston, CT -- Thomaston Thomaston, CT -- Thomaston Cheyenne, WY -- East Brooklyn, NY -- Leon M. Goldstein Batavia, NY -- Batavia Carmel, NY -- Mahopac Yokohama, Japan -- Yokohama Futaba West Hartford, CT -- Hall
Match Notes 2014 Schedule (4-1, 3-1 E8) Last Time Out: EC moved to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in Em- Day Date Opponent Time-Result at Wells W, 9-0 pire 8 play after defeating Houghton College, 9-0, on SEPT. 3 7 at St. John Fisher* W, 9-0 Thursday. Elmira’s number one singles player Kimberly 10 Ithaca* L, 2-7 Salkin ’18 received a tough test from Houghton’s Bethany 13 at Utica* W, 9-0 Chesebro, but Salkin pulled out the 7-5, 6-3 victory to fin- 18 at Houghton* W, 9-0 ish off the 9-0 EC win. 21 Hartwick* 1:00 p.m. 23 at Alfred* 4:00 p.m. Bring Out the Brooms: The Soaring Eagles certainly 27-29 USTA-ITA Northeast Regional TBA know how to win convincingly. EC has four wins on the OCT. 4 N azareth * 1:00 p.m. year and all have come in the form of 9-0 sweeps. The 5 S tevens T ech .* 1:00 p.m. Purple and Gold have matched the number of 9-0 wins 10 NYS Individual Tournament TBA they had all of last season. 18 Empire 8 Semifinals TBA 19 Empire 8 Finals TBA Into Second Place: Kayla Fitzgerald ’15 continues to climb the ranks of EC’s All-Time Wins list as her pair of *Denotes Empire 8 contest wins against Houghton College Thursday, gave the senior her 46th and 47th career victories. With 47 career wins, Fitzgerald has moved ahead of Krista Heckler ’03 into sole possession of second place in EC women’s tennis history. Scan the QR code with your smart phone Two in the Top-5: Joining Fitzgerald in the top-five alltime is her fellow captain and classmate, Amy Schmidt ’15. Schmidt has eight wins on the season following her two-win day against Houghton, which increased her career total to 40 combined wins. The 40 wins moved her into a tie with former teammate Bri Palmiero ’12 for fifth all-time in career wins and puts her just one shy of Sasha Robinson-Neff ’06, who holds fourth place. All She Does is Win: Megan Fitzgerald ’18 has had a tremendous start to her collegiate career, not dropping a single match in either singles or doubles. Fitzgerald, who did not play in EC’s 9-0 wins over Wells College and Utica College, is 3-0 at sixth singles and 3-0 at third doubles. Looking Ahead: EC has a short turnaround as the Soaring Eagles head back out on the road for another Empire 8 Conference match against Alfred University on Tuesday, September 23rd at 4:00 p.m.
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Hartwick College Hawks Head Coach: Andy Pontius Assistant Coach: Peter Dumas
Name--Class Michaela Castillo ’18 Sam Dow ’17 Joelle Favret ’17 Michaela Finnegan ’15 Brooke Harrington ’18 Caitlin Hawley ’17 Ruthie Jones ’16 Steph Luce ’15 Kelly Napolitano ’18 Kristen Napolitano ’15 Lauren Noyes ’15 Caitlin O’Brien ’17 Nicole Schepisi ’15 Anna Van Allsburg ’18
Hometown--Secondary School Watertown, NY -- Watertown Schererville, IN -- Lake Central Delhi, NY -- Delaware Academy Cumberland, ME -- Greely Orono, MN -- Orono Camilius, NY -- West Genesse Ossining, NY -- Ossining Saratoga Springs, NY -- Saratoga Springs Mt. Sinai, NY -- Mt. Sinai Mt. Sinai, NY -- Mt. Sinai Rochester, NY -- Churchville-Chili Glenville, NY -- Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Rensselaer, NY -- Columbia Prides Crossing, MA -- Spring Ridge Academy
Match Notes Last Time Out: The Hawks of Hartwick College come Series History: Hartwick and EC have met 16 times over into this weekend of play with a 3-2 overall record and a the last 14 years, including twice in the Empire 8 Confer2-2 mark in Empire 8 Conference play following their 6-3 ence Tournament, in 2004 and 2006. The Hawks own a win over St. John Fisher College on September 14th. The 9-7 record over the Soaring Eagles since 2000, including Hawks swept doubles to take a 3-0 lead and then received winning five out of the last seven matchups. However, the wins from third, fourth, and fifth singles to seal the 6-3 win. two teams have alternated wins since 2010, the most recent result going in EC’s favor, 8-1, in 2013 at the Murray AthSister Strength: Both Hartwick and EC have a pair of sis- letic Center. ters who have teamed up to play doubles this season. For the Hawks, Kelly and Kristen Napolitano have joined forces Top Performers: Hartwick has three players with four at second doubles and have posted a 4-1 record, the best singles wins in Kelly Napolitano ’18, Kristen Napolitano doubles record of any Hartwick pairing this season. The ’15, and Caitlin O’Brien ’17. Kelly Napolitano is 4-1 while Soaring Eagles boast a strong doubles team featuring sis- playing primarily at third singles, Kristen Napolitano is 4-1 ters Kayla and Megan Fitzgerald, who have gone 3-0 at third while playing primarily at fourth singles, and O’Brien is 4-0 doubles in 2014. on the year while playing primarily at fifth singles.
2014 Empire 8 Standings (as of 9-19-14)
School Stevens Ithaca Elmira Hartwick Alfred Nazareth Utica St. John Fisher Houghton
Conf. 6-0 3-0 3-1 2-2 2-2 1-3 0-2 0-3 0-5
CPct. Overall Pct. 1.000 7-0 1.000 1.000 4-0 1.000 0.750 4-1 0.800 0.500 3-2 0.600 0.500 3-3 0.500 0.250 1-4 0.200 0.000 0-5 0.000 0.000 0-4 0.000 0.000 2-7 0.222
Streak W7 W4 W2 W1 W1 L2 L5 L4 L5
Elmira College Season Statistics (Through games of Sep 19, 2014) Overall record: 4-1 • Conference: 2-1 • Region: 0-0 • Home: 0-1 • Away: 4-0 • Neutral: 0-0 vs National ranked: 0-0 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0 vs
SINGLES Megan Boisclair Kristi Chanda Kayla Fitzgerald Megan Fitzgerald Ellen Plowman Kimberly Salkin Amy Schmidt Stephanie Tock Ayaka Yoshino Rebecca Zeuschner Totals Percentage
Overall 2-0 2-0 4-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 4-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 25-5 .833
Dual 2-0 2-0 4-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 4-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 25-5 .833
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000
Conf 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 13-5 .722
1 ----------2-1 2-0 ------4-1 .800
2 ----2-0 ----------2-1 --4-1 .800
3 --------2-0 --2-1 ------4-1 .800
4 --2-0 2-1 --------------4-1 .800
ranked
5 6 Nat'l Reg'l --2-0 0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 --3-0 0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 2-0 --0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 2-1 --0-0 0-0 4-1 5-0 0-0 0-0 .800 1.000 .000 .000 vs
DOUBLES TEAMS Kayla Fitzgerald/Ellen Plowman Kristi Chanda/Amy Schmidt Megan Boisclair/Stephanie Tock Kimberly Salkin/Ayaka Yoshino Amy Schmidt/Rebecca Zeuschner Kayla Fitzgerald/Megan Fitzgerald Kayla Fitzgerald/Amy Schmidt Kristi Chanda/Ellen Plowman Megan Boisclair/Caitlin Dwyer Totals Percentage Date 09/03/14 * 09/07/14 * 09/10/14 * 09/14/14 09/18/14
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Opponent Wells College St. John Fisher College ITHACA Utica College Houghton College
Overall 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 13-2 .867
Dual 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 13-2 .867
W W L W W
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000
Score 9-0 9-0 2-7 9-0 9-0
Overall 1-0 2-0 2-1 3-1 4-1
Conf 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 7-2 .778
1 1-0 ----2-1 ----1-0 ----4-1 .800
Conf 0-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-1
Strk W2 W2 W2 W3 W2 W1 W2 W2 W1 W1
ranked
2 3 Nat'l Reg'l ----0-0 0-0 1-0 --0-0 0-0 --1-0 0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 2-1 --0-0 0-0 --3-0 0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 1-0 --0-0 0-0 --1-0 0-0 0-0 4-1 5-0 0-0 0-0 .800 1.000 .000 .000
Nation Region
Last 10 2-0 2-0 4-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 4-1 2-0 2-1 2-1
Strk W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W3 W1 W1 W1
Last 10 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0
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