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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | CONTACT: Mike Miranto, Senior Associate A.D. for Communications & Operations

Wildcats Suffer Nail-Biting Setback At Kutztown

KUTZTOWN, Pa. - The Daemen women's tennis team saw their season-opening win streak come to an end today with a slim 4-3 defeat to Kutztown. The non-conference match was a late addition to the Wildcats' schedule this week, and was played as the Keystone Courts. 

With the loss, Daemen drops to 3-1 on the season. The Wildcats had opened 3-0 for the first time in the nine-year history of the program.

Kutztown, a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, snapped a two-match skid and improved to 3-4 this season. 

DOUBLES REPORT
The Golden Bears got off to a fast start and swept through doubles action to open a 1-0 lead in the match. Jessika Klo and Brianna Wendling got things started with 6-0 win on the No. 3 doubles court.

Amanda Grebosky and Jess Marks scored a 6-3 win on the No. 2 doubles court, and Claudia Makarski and Catherine Maher completed the KU sweep with a 6-4 win on the No. 1 doubles court. Daemen entered the match with a perfect 9-0 mark in doubles play this season. 

SINGLES REPORT
Daemen was able to get back into the match with a trio of singles victories. At the top of the lineup, freshman Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) and senior Christina Stasiuk (Bowmansville, N.Y.) continued their winning ways. Rubio scored a 6-3, 6-3 win on the No. 1 singles court over KU's Makarski. Stasiuk was pushed to three sets for the first time this season, but outlasted Grebosky 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 on the No. 2 singles court.

A third Daemen point came on the No. 4 singles court as sophomore Mackenzie Schayes (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) bested Marks by a 6-2, 6-4 final. Rubio, Stasiuk and Schayed all improved to 4-0 in singles play this season.

In the end, KU was able to pick up the three necessary singles wins to secure the overall match victory. Maher (No. 3 singles: 6-1, 6-0), Sarah Lazarchak (No. 5 singles: 6-1, 6-0), and Elyssa Tomczyk (No. 6 singles: 6-0, 6-0) were victorious for the Golden Bears.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to East Coast Conference play tomorrow with a 4 p.m. match at St. Thomas Aquinas. 

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