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Freshman Frida Rubio Had A Successful Collegiate Debut
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Tom McDermott, Sports Information Consultant

Women's Tennis Picks Up A Win In Long Awaited Return To Action

Coach Plote Earns His First Win As Head Coach Following 7-0 Sweep Of D'Youville

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. - The Daemen College women's tennis team opened its 2020-21 season with a 7-0 victory over D'Youville College tonight at the Miller Tennis Center. It marked Daemen's first match in over a year. The final five matches of Daemen's 2019-20 season and the fall portion of the the 2020-21 scheduled were wiped out by the pandemic.

Tonight's match marked the first-ever meeting between the two programs. D'Youville was also competing in its first match in more than a calendar year. The Saints are transitioning from NCAA Division III to Division II and are in their first season as members of the East Coast Conference.

It also marked a successful debut for head coach Jesse Plote, who was named head coach at Daemen this past fall.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • The host Wildcats prevailed in all three doubles matches to earn the "doubles point". The outcome of doubles matches will award a single point to the team winning at least two of the three matchups, as opposed to awarding points for each individual doubles victory.
  • Senior Christina Stasiuk (Bowmansville, N.Y.) teamed up with freshman Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calf.) to post a 6-0 victory over Julia Clapper and Faith Falkowski at No. 1 doubles.
  • Daemen competed the sweep of doubles play following a 6-1 win at No. 2 and a 6-4 win No. 3 doubles.
  • Daemen dropped just three points over the first five singles matches.
  • Rubio picked up her first collegiate singles victory with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Allison Meissner at No. 1 singles.
  • Stasiuk followed with a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Clapper at No. 2 singles. It marked her 33rd career singles win.
  • Freshman Kayla Nguyen (Poway, Calf.) also picked up a win in her collegiate singles debut, as she rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Falkowski at No. 3 singles.
  • Additional singles wins came from Otis at No. 4, and sophomores Mackenzie Schayes (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) and Hannah Pagano (Goshen, N.Y.) and No. 5 and No. 6 respectively. Pagano took part in the most competitive match of the night, as she outlasted Katrina Whipple 6-4, 6-4.

UP NEXT

The Wildcats (1-0, 1-0 ECC) are idle until next Saturday (March 27) when they host St. Thomas Aquinas College in an ECC match at Miller Tennis Center.


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