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”
Match Notes Back to Back: The Soaring Eagles have opened the 201415 season with two straight 9-0 victories. EC’s most recent sweep came against St. John Fisher College, giving the Purple and Gold their first Empire 8 Conference win of the season and their third straight win over the Cardinals. Three in a Row: EC’s 9-0 win over the Cardinals marked Elmira’s third consecutive win over St. John Fisher. Prior to the Purple and Gold’s 6-3 win in 2012, which sparked the winning streak, EC had lost the previous nine matchups to St. John Fisher.
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
Welcome to the Show: The Soaring Eagles have three freshmen in their starting lineup and all three had im- pressive debuts against St. John Fisher, winning in both singles and doubles. Kimberly Salkin ’18 made easy work of the Cardinals, as she did not drop a single game on the afternoon, winning 8-0 at first doubles and 6-0, 6-0 at first singles. Rebecca Zeuschner ’18 had a tougher test in her season debut at second doubles and fifth singles, but prevailed with an 8-6 victory in doubles and a 6-4, 6-3 win in singles. Finally, Megan Fitzgerald ’18 secured an 8-0 victory at third doubles, then followed it up with a 6-1, 6-4 win at sixth singles. Third Place All to Herself: Kayla Fitzgerald ’15 went a perfect 4-0 last week, playing both second and fourth singles as well as first and third doubles. Her four wins increased her career total to 42 wins, moving her into sole possession of third place for total wins on Elmira College’s all-time list. Looking Ahead: The Soaring Eagles head out on the road for a pair of Empire 8 matches over the next week. EC travels to Utica College on Saturday, September 13th for a 1:00 p.m. match and then heads out to Houghton College on Thursday, September 18th for a 4:00 p.m. match.
2014 Schedule (2-0, 1-0 E8)
Day Date Opponent Time-Result SEPT. 3 at Wells W, 9-0 7 at St. John Fisher* W, 9-0 10 Ithaca* 4:00 p.m. 13 at Utica* 1:00 p.m. 18 at Houghton* 4:00 p.m. 21 Hartwick* 1:00 p.m. 23 at Alfred* 4:00 p.m. 27-29 USTA-ITA Northeast Regional TBA OCT. 4 Nazareth* 1:00 p.m. 5 Stevens Tech.* 1:00 p.m. 10 NYS Individual Tournament TBA 18 Empire 8 Semifinals TBA 19 Empire 8 Finals TBA *Denotes Empire 8 contest
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Ithaca College Bombers Head Coach: Bill Austin Assistant Coach: Rich Bonfiglio
Name--Class Marni Blumenthal ’16 Kelly Fishback ’15 Sydney Greenspan ’17 Jodi Grosberg ’17 Haley Kusak ’17 Chessa Mehlman ’17 Maddie Overholt ’17 Carly Siegel ’15 Alyssa Steinweis ’15 Allison Vizgaitis ’15
Hometown--Secondary School Gladwyne, PA -- Harriton Penfield, NY -- Webster Schroeder Rocky Hill, CT -- Rocky Hill Needham, MA -- Needham Pittsford, NY -- Pittsford Sutherland Walnut Creek, CA -- Las Lomas Lebanon, PA -- Cedar Crest Dix Hills, NY -- Half Hollow Hills West East Brunswick, NJ -- East Brunswick Fayetteville, NY -- Fayetteville-Manlius
Match Notes Last Time Out: It has been nearly two weeks since the Bomb- Returning Talent: Gone from Ithaca is last year’s USTAers of Ithaca College have taken the court for a dual-match, ITA Northeast Regional Runner-Up and number one sinhaving participated most recently in the Mary Hosking In- gles player Christina Nunez, but returning for the Bombers vitational at William Smith on September 6th. Ithaca had are a number of accomplished players, including both the five players win their first singles matches of the day in their 2012 and 2013 Empire 8 Rookies of the Year, Alyssa Steinrespective brackets, but no player advanced past the quarterfi- weis and Haley Kusak, respectively. Of Ithaca’s returners, nals of the tournament. Ithaca also earned first round wins four earned Empire 8 All-Conference honors in 2013, three from both doubles teams playing the A Doubles Bracket. in singles and one in doubles. Conference Elite: Ithaca has dominated the Empire 8 Conference in women’s tennis since its inception in 1999, winning 12 of the possible 15 conference championships. It has been 10 years since a team other than the Bombers won the Empire 8 Championship, Alfred in 2004, as Ithaca has won the last nine conference titles.
From 0-0 to 2-0 in One Day: August 30th was a tennis-filled day for Ithaca as the Bombers took on both SUNY Cortland as well as Alfred University that day. Ithaca started things off early Saturday morning at nearby Cortland, taking down the Red Dragons, 9-0. Then later that day, the Bombers rolled through Alfred by an identical 9-0 score.
2014 Empire 8 Standings (as of 9-8-14)
School Stevens Elmira Ithaca Hartwick Alfred Utica Nazareth St. John Fisher Houghton
Conf. 4-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-3
CPct. Overall Pct. 1.000 4-0 1.000 1.000 2-0 1.000 1.000 2-0 1.000 0.500 2-1 0.667 0.000 1-2 0.333 0.000 0-1 0.000 0.000 0-2 0.000 0.000 0-2 0.000 0.000 1-3 0.250
Streak W4 W2 W2 L1 L2 L1 L2 L2 L1
Elmira College Season Statistics (Through games of Sep 09, 2014) Overall record: 2-0 • Conference: 1-0 • Region: 0-0 • Home: 0-0 • Away: 2-0 • 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 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 12-0 1.000
Dual 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 12-0 1.000
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 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 6-0 1.000
ranked
1 2 3 4 5 6 Nat'l Reg'l ----------1-0 0-0 0-0 ------1-0 ----0-0 0-0 --1-0 --1-0 ----0-0 0-0 ----------1-0 0-0 0-0 ----1-0 ------0-0 0-0 1-0 ----------0-0 0-0 1-0 --1-0 ------0-0 0-0 --------1-0 --0-0 0-0 --1-0 --------0-0 0-0 --------1-0 --0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 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 Totals Percentage Date 09/03/14 * 09/07/14
Opponent at Wells College at St. John Fisher College
Overall 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 6-0 1.000
Dual 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 6-0 1.000
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000
Score W 9-0 W 9-0
Overall 1-0 2-0
Conf 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 1.000
Strk W1 W1 W2 W1 W1 W1 W2 W1 W1 W1
ranked
1 2 3 Nat'l Reg'l 1-0 ----0-0 0-0 --1-0 --0-0 0-0 ----1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 ----0-0 0-0 --1-0 --0-0 0-0 ----1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000
Conf 0-0 1-0
Nation Region
Last 10 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0
Strk W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1
Last 10 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0
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