WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's tennis team secured a spot in the upcoming East Coast Conference Championship tournament following a 5-2 victory over Molloy University this evening at Miller Tennis Center.

Daemen improved to 3-5 overall and 2-3 in the ECC, while Molloy dropped to 0-8 overall and 0-4 in the league. Daemen will be making its third-straight appearance in the four-team ECC Tournament.

Daemen took two of the three doubles matches to earn the one point as per NCAA Division II scoring. The Molloy tandem of Noor Goyvaerts and Hannah Niggemeier outlasted Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) and Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) of Daemen at No. 1 doubles, 7-6. No. 2 doubles saw Daemen's Yinett Del Leon (Cape Coral, Fla.) and Carly Armitage (Rochester, N.Y.) post a 6-2 win over Jill Cafaro and Brooke Williams. Daemen secured the point after Mackenzie Schayes (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) and Ailish McDevitt (Jamesville, N.Y.) defeated Amanda Oppedisano and Katie Vaseghi, 6-2, at No. 3 doubles.

Daemen built a 3-0 lead after Schayes defeated Vaseghi (6-0, 6-0) at No. 6 singles and Armitage downed Williams (6-2, 6-1) at No. 4 singles. Molloy cut the lead to 3-1 after Oppedisano defeated McDevitt (6-2, 6-1) at No. 5 singles, but Scime secured the win with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Cafaro at No. 2 singles.

Daemen's other point came at No. 1 singles, where Rubio outlasted Goyvaerts, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Molloy picked up its second point at No. 3 singles after Niggemeier defeated Del Leon 6-3, 6-2.

Scime has now won five of her last six singles matches and improved to 9-3 overall in singles play. Scime, who went 8-9 in singles play last year, already ranks eighth in career singles wins among Daemen's all-time leaders with 17.

Rubio picked up her third singles win of the year and in the process became just the seventh player in program history to reach 20 career singles wins. Armitage has won four of her last six singles matches and is now 5-7 overall in her rookie season.


DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 - Noor Goyvaerts &Hannah Niggemeier (Molloy) defeat Frida Rubio & Kitsa Scime (Daemen), 7-6 (7-4)
#2 - Yinett Del Leon & Carly Armitage (Daemen) defeat Jill Cafaro & Brooke Williams (Molloy), 6-2
#3 - Ailish McDevitt  & Mackenzie Schayes (Daemen) defeat Amanda Oppedisano & Katie Vaseghi (Molloy), 6-2

Order of finish: 3,2,1

SINGLES RESULTS
#1 - Rubio defeats Goyvaerts, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
#2 - Scime defeats Cafaro, 6-2, 6-0
#3 - Niggemeier defeats Del Leon, 6-3, 6-2
#4 - Armitage defeats Williams, 6-2, 6-1
#5 - Oppedisano defeats McDevitt, 6-1, 6-1
#6 - Schayes defeats Vaseghi, 6-0, 6-0

Order of finish: 6,4,5,2,3,1

UP NEXT
Daemen closes out the regular season Sunday (Oct. 23) with a non-conference match at Division I Niagara.
 

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