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| The Daemen College women's tennis team plays a trifecta of non-league dual matches this weekend, two of which come at home on Friday and Sunday with a road trip to the Syracuse area sandwiched in between on Saturday...after a 9-0 shutout of Salem International in their spring season debut last week, the Wildcats are one win shy of tying the program's all-time record for wins in a season. |
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| DUAL MATCH INFORMATION |
| Daemen vs. Davis & Elkins |
| Date:Â Friday, Feb. 24 |
Time:Â 6 p.m. |
Location: Miller Tennis Center - Williamsville, N.Y. |
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| Daemen @ Le Moyne |
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| Date:Â Saturday, Feb. 25 |
Time:Â 4 p.m. |
Location: Gold's Gym - DeWitt, N.Y. |
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| Daemen vs. Edinboro |
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| Date:Â Sunday, Feb. 26 |
Time:Â 2:30 p.m. |
Location: Miller Tennis Center - Williamsville, N.Y. |
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| MATCH LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Davis & Elkins Roster |
Le Moyne Roster |
Edinboro Roster |
| Daemen Schedule |
Davis & Elkins Schedule |
Le Moyne Schedule |
Edinboro Schedule |
| Daemen Stats |
Davis & Elkins Stats |
Le Moyne Stats |
Edinboro Stats |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenTennis |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Davis & Elkins Twitter: |
@SenatorNation |
| Le Moyne Twitter: |
@LeMoyneDolphins |
| Edinboro Twitter: |
@BoroAthletics |
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| ON THE SIDELINES |
| Stephen Beatty enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Wildcats...over the course of his first three seasons, Beatty has guided the Daemen women's tennis team to a 24-46 record...a former collegiate player at Division II Northwood University (Mich.) and Division III D'Youville College, Beatty got his coaching start as an assistant to Kelly Brown, serving for one season - Daemen's inaugural season of tennis competition - before being promoted to the top post. |
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| DAEMENÂ GROUND STROKESÂ (7-11, 1-6 ECC) |
| Daemen returns seven players from last year's team that tied the program record for overall wins after finishing 8-16 overall and 1-6 in the East Coast Conference...among the returners are the duo of seniors Hayle Scanlan and Karli Hollins...Scanlan enters the season already ranking as the Wildcats' all-time leader in singles victories (33), total singles matches (76), doubles victories (33) and total doubles matches (77)...Hollins went 13-9 in singles play and 17-9 in doubles play, tying teammate Gretchen Ringler's single-season record for singles victories, and establishing a new program record for doubles wins...Ringler, who set the singles record as a freshman in 2014-15, is also back after earning nine more singles wins last season...that tied her for third on the team with fellow returner Jessica Robins...Daemen was picked seventh in the ECC preseason poll...seven of Daemen's 18 matches this season have been decided by three points or less...after staring the fall with just two wins in their first eight outings, Daemen has regrouped to go 5-5 from Oct. 7 on...Scanlan has added 11 singles wins and 10 doubles wins to her career record totals, leading the team in both categories this season... Shaylah Iverson, who made her return to the team after a two-year hiatus, has posted a 10-8 singles record, while Robins is 9-11...in doubles play, Ringler has matched Scanlan's 10 wins to share the team lead. |
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| DAVIS & ELKINS GROUND STROKES (1-1, 0-0 GMAC) |
| Davis & Elkins is located in Elkins, W. Va. and the Senators are members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference...the Senators are led by eighth-year head coach Otis Cutshaw, the 2013-14 and 2015-16 GMAC Coach of the Year...D&E returns six players from their 2015-16 roster which achieved an overall record of 14-12 while capturing the GMAC regular season and tournament titles...D&E earned the No. 1 seed to the GMAC Tournament last season, and knocked off the defending league champ, second-seeded Cedarville 5-1 in the finals to earn the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament berth...among the team's returners are sophomores Elise Simon and Kelsie Roby who were each named first-team All-GMAC honorees last season...Simon went 11-10 in singles play and 5-1 in doubles action last season while picking up GMAC Freshman of the Year honors...Friday's dual match marks D&E's first since an 8-1 win over Notre Dame (Ohio) to close out their short fall season on Oct. 16...newcomer Laura Fermosel, who went 5-9 in singles play for Division I Gardner-Webb last season, has led the Senators thus far with a 3-2 mark in singles action...Fermosel and Simon form a formidable foe atop the team's doubles lineup as well. |
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| DAEMEN VS. DAVIS & ELKINS: THE HISTORY |
| All-Time:Â Davis & Elkins leads the all-time series 1-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Mar. 20, 2016 - Davis & Elkins 6, Daemen 3 |
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Game Recap |
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| LE MOYNE GROUND STROKES (8-7, 7-5 NE-10) |
| Le Moyne is located in Syracuse, N.Y. and the Dolphins are members of the Northeast-10 Conference...Le Moyne is led by second-year head coach Jeff Lonczak who has guided the team to an 18-17 record in his tenure to date...Saturday's match marks Le Moyne's first of the spring season....after starting the fall season with just three wins in their first 10 dual matches, Le Moyne closed with five straight victories, four of which came in league play...the Dolphins finished seventh out of 13 teams in the NE-10 standings last fall, just out of contention for a conference tournament berth...junior Amica Benoit-Limosani was the team's lone All-NE-10 selection last fall, earning third-team honors after posting a 11-4 mark in singles play, and a 12-5 mark in doubles action...all of Benoit-Limosani's doubles wins came while partnered with Tiffany Dun, the 2015-16 NE-10 Rookie of the Year...junior Rithika Vajjiravelu, a third-team All-NE-10 selection in 2015-16, leads the team with a 12-5 mark in singles play this year. |
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| DAEMEN VS. LE MOYNE: THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Le Moyne leads the all-time series 3-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Feb. 24, 2013 - Le Moyne 9, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Feb. 22, 2014 - Le Moyne 9, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Feb. 27, 2016 - Le Moyne 8, Daemen 1 |
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GAME RECAP |
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| EDINBOROÂ GROUND STROKES (1-0, 0-0 PSAC) |
| Edinboro is located in Edinboro, Pa. and the Fighting Scots are members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference...the Fighting Scots are led by veteran head coach Lee Underwood who brings back eight players from his 2015-16 roster which achieved a 13-8 overall record...junior Roxana Yeh headlines EU's returners after going 18-4 in singles play last season...also back are sophomores Laura Lopez (16-7 in singles) and Tatiana Batalla Trabal (15-6 in singles) who combined for 31 singles victories in 2015-16...Sunday's match marks EU's first action since closing their short fall season with a 9-0 shutout of Shippensburg on Oct. 14 - their lone dual match of the season thus far to go with a pair of tournaments...Batalla Trabal is out to a 4-2 start to singles play, and has teamed with fellow returner Julia Hellstern to pick up a pair of doubles wins as well...Lopez and Yeh, who each have a pair of singles wins, have teamed together in the top doubles spot for EU so far this season. |
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| DAEMEN VS. EDINBORO: THE HISTORY |
| All-Time: Edinboro leads the all-time series 3-0 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Mar. 3, 2013 - Edinboro 9, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Apr. 14, 2014 - Edinboro 9, Daemen 0 |
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GAME RECAP |
| Feb. 28, 2016 - Edinboro 8, Daemen 1 |
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GAME RECAP |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen is idle until a three-match road trip in mid-March with two matches in Indiana and the capper in Kentucky. |
