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 Last Time Out: The Soaring Eagles moved to 6-1 overall and 5-1 in Empire 8 Conference play after defeating Alfred University, 8-1, on September 23rd. EC took two out of three doubles matches, falling 9-8 in a close third doubles contest, before handling the Saxons in the six singles matches to close out the victory.
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
2014 Schedule (6-1, 5-1 E8)
Day Date Opponent Time-Result SEPT. 3 at Wells W, 9-0 7 at St. John Fisher* W, 9-0 10 Ithaca* L, 2-7 13 at Utica* W, 9-0 18 at Houghton* W, 9-0 21 Hartwick* W, 8-1 23 at Alfred* W, 8-1 Consecutive Years: The 8-1 win over Alfred not only USTA-ITA Northeast Regional Completed moved EC to 5-1 in Empire 8 matches, but it also secured 27-29 OCT. 4 Nazareth* 1:00 p.m. Elmira’s spot in the 2014 Empire 8 Tournament. This is 5 S tevens T ech .* 1:00 p.m. the second consecutive year that the Soaring Eagles have 10 NYS Individual Tournament TBA qualified for the conference tournament after not playing 18 Empire 8 Semifinals TBA for an Empire 8 Championship since the 2006 season. 19 Empire 8 Finals TBA A Program First: Kimberly Salkin ’18 and Ayaka Yoshino ’16 took their talents to Geneva, NY last weekend to compete in the prestigious USTA-ITA Northeast Regional Championships and came away with Elmira College’s first-ever main draw doubles victory. Salkin and Yoshino went up against the doubles team from Nazareth College in the first round of the tournament, downing the Golden Flyers, 8-3.
*Denotes Empire 8 contest
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E8 Player of the Week: After helping EC clinch a spot in the Empire 8 Tournament and earning Elmira’s first-ever main draw doubles victory at the USTA-ITA Regional Championships, Kimberly Salkin ’18 was honored by the Empire 8 as the Conference’s Player of the Week. Salkin, in her rookie season, is 5-2 at both first singles and first doubles, with her only dual-match losses coming against Ithaca College. Looking Ahead: The dual-match portion of Elmira’s regular season comes to a close following this weekend of play, leaving just one individual tournament and the Empire 8 Conference Tournament left on the 2014 schedule. EC will compete in the New York State Women’s Tennis Championships, hosted by Ithaca College, beginning on October 10th before traveling to Hoboken, NJ for the Empire 8 Conference Tournament on October 18th and 19th.
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Nazareth College Golden Flyers
Head Coach: Paul Waida Assistant Coach: Jeremy Mancus & Terrance Nichols Name--Class Elizabeth Crane ’15 Lindsey Crawford ’17 Carlee Hastings ’17 Sara Kashtan ’17 Audrey Knorr ’17 Jean McCarthy ’17 Maeve Morgan ’18 Ami Petosa ’16 Adrienne Sharza ’15
Ht. 5’4” 5’5” 5’1” 5’4” 5’7” 5’3” 5’3” 5’3” 5’3”
Hometown--Secondary School Rome, NY -- Westmoreland Binghamton, NY -- Chenango Forks Blossvale, NY -- Camden Rochester, NY -- Pittsford Sutherland Palmyra, NY -- Palmyra-Macedon Warwick, NY -- Warwick Valley Amherst, NH -- Souhegan Chittenango, NY -- Chittenango Canandaigua, NY -- Canandaigua Academy Match Notes Last Time Out: The Golden Flyers of Nazareth College enter Season Leaders: All but two of Nazareth’s everyday players today’s match with a 3-4 overall record and a 3-3 mark in the have winning records in both singles and doubles with fourth Empire 8 following their 9-0 sweep of Utica College on Sep- singles player, Adrienne Sharza ’15 out in front at 7-2 overtember 21st. Nazareth dominated play against the Pioneers, all. Jean McCarthy ’17, in her first season at the first singles conceding a total of four games across the nine matches. position, is 5-3 on the year. Nazareth’s third doubles team of Elizabeth Crane ’15 and Audrey Knorr ’17 have the team’s A Must Win: With a 3-3 record in conference matches, the best record at 6-2, while McCarthy and Ami Petosa ’16 are 5-2 Golden Flyers currently sit in fifth place in the Empire 8, half at second doubles. a game behind Alfred University for the fourth and final spot in the Empire 8 Tournament. In order to avoid missing the Series History: EC and Nazareth are quite familiar with one Conference Tournament for the first time in program his- another, having met 20 times since the 2000 season, including tory, Nazareth must win both of its remaining matches and six times in the conference tournament. During that 14-year also get some help from Utica College on Saturday to get in. span, the Soaring Eagles have not defeated the Golden Flyers.
Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks Head Coach: Steve Gachko Assistant Coach: Arik Zeevy
Name--Class Jessica Bourque ’15 Lily Bruenjes ’17 Alexis Connor ’16 Katrina Guido ’18 Julia Guignard ’16 Allie Masciana ’17 Jillian Morneau ’17 Arden Servidio ’16 Danielle Stewart ’15
Ht. 5’4” 5’5” 5’9” 5’5” 5’3” 5’3” 5’7” 5’3” 5’7”
Hometown--Secondary School Houma, LA -- Vandebilt Catholic Portland, ME -- Portland Allenwood, NJ -- Point Pleasant Beach Emmaus, PA -- Emmaus High School Lowville, NY -- Lowville Academy Middletown, NJ -- Middletown South Beverly, MA -- Beverly Nutley, NJ -- Nutley North Plainfield, NJ -- North Plainfield Match Notes Last Time Out: The Ducks of Stevens Tech enter this week- the Soaring Eagles defeated the Ducks, 5-2, last season, snapend of Empire 8 matches with an unblemished 8-0 record ping their six-match losing streak to Stevens. following their 6-3 win over non-conference Muhlenberg University on October 1st. Stevens took a 2-1 advantage af- One-Two Punch: Stevens lost last year’s number two player, ter wins at first and second doubles, then won four of six Lisa Tessitore ’14, to graduation, but Danielle Stewart ’15 has singles matches, winning at the first, second, fifth, and sixth stepped-up in her absence to keep the Ducks strong at the spots, to clinch the 6-3 victory. top of the lineup. Stewart is 9-1 in singles and 8-0 in doubles, stabilizing the lineup behind fellow senior Jessica Bourque Series History: Elmira and Stevens have played every season ’15. Bourque, the 2013 Empire 8 Women’s Tennis Player of since 2007, the year that the Ducks joined the Empire 8 the Year, recently returned from injury and has gone 3-1 at Conference. Prior to 2013, Stevens had won each of the pre- both first singles and first doubles, her only losses coming at vious six meetings between the two institutions, however, the USTA-ITA Northeast Regional Championships.
Elmira College Season Statistics (Through games of Oct 02, 2014) Overall record: 6-1 • Conference: 4-1 • Region: 1-0 • Home: 1-1 • Away: 5-0 • 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 6-1 5-0 3-0 5-2 6-1 2-0 5-2 2-2 38-8 .826
Dual 2-0 2-0 6-1 5-0 3-0 4-1 6-1 2-0 4-1 2-2 36-6 .857
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 .500
Conf 1-0 1-0 4-1 4-0 2-0 3-1 4-1 1-0 3-1 1-2 24-6 .800
1 ----------4-1 2-0 ------6-1 .857
2 ----2-0 ----------4-1 --6-1 .857
3 --------2-0 --4-1 ------6-1 .857
4 --2-0 4-1 --------------6-1 .857
ranked
5 6 Nat'l Reg'l --2-0 0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 1-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 --1-0 0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 2-0 --0-0 0-0 ----0-0 0-0 2-2 --0-0 0-0 5-2 7-0 0-0 0-0 .714 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
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Date 09/03/14 09/07/14 09/10/14 09/14/14 09/18/14 09/21/14 09/23/14 09/27/14-09/29/1
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Overall 1-0 1-0 1-0 5-2 3-1 5-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 19-4 .826
Opponent Wells College St. John Fisher College ITHACA Utica College Houghton College HARTWICK Alfred University USTA/ITA Regional Championship
Dual 1-0 1-0 1-0 4-1 3-1 5-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 18-3 .857
Tour 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 .500
Conf 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 2-1 4-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 12-3 .800
Score Overall W 9-0 1-0 W 9-0 2-0 L 2-7 2-1 W 9-0 3-1 W 9-0 4-1 W 8-1 5-1 W 8-1 6-1 8:30 am (Geneva, NY)
1 1-0 ----4-1 ----1-0 ----6-1 .857
Conf 0-0 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 3-1 4-1
2 --1-0 ----3-1 1-0 --1-0 --6-1 .857
Strk W2 W2 W4 W5 W3 W1 W4 W2 W1 L1
ranked
3 Nat'l Reg'l --0-0 0-0 --0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 --0-0 0-0 --0-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 --0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 6-1 0-0 0-0 .857 .000 .000
Nation Region
Last 10 2-0 2-0 6-1 5-0 3-0 5-2 6-1 2-0 5-2 2-2
Strk W1 W1 W1 L1 W2 W5 W1 L1 W1
Last 10 1-0 1-0 1-0 5-2 3-1 5-0 1-0 1-1 1-0
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