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Women's Tennis Falls To Division I Purple Eagles

3/4/2022 11:59:00 PM

By: CONTACT: Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for Communications/Operations | 716-839-8385 | mmiranto@daemen.edu
Box Score When and Where: March 4, 2022 – Williamsville, N.Y. (Miller Tennis Center)
Score: Niagara 5, Daemen 2
Records: Daemen 4-9, 2-3 ECC; Niagara 3-7, 0-0 MAAC

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- Graduate student Christina Stasiuk (Bowmansville, N.Y.) and sophomore Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) each posted wins in singles play, but it wasn't enough to lift the Daemen women's tennis team past the Niagara Purple Eagles in an inter-divisional matchup late tonight at Miller Tennis Center. 

DOUBLES RESULTS
SINGLES RESULTS
  • No. 1 (Daemen, 6-3, 6-3): Frida Rubio defeats Elena Mayet
  • No. 2 (Niagara, 6-2, 6-3): Coral Rodriguez defeats Kita Scime
  • No. 3 (Daemen, 6-3, 6-0): Christina Stasiuk defeats Megan Gamble
  • No. 4 (Niagara, 6-1, 6-1): Jaida Borg defeats Yinett Del Leon
  • No. 5 (Niagara, 6-0, 6-0): Erika Gonzalez defeats Mackenzie Schayes
  • No. 6 (Niagara, 6-2, 6-1): Emma Shea defeats Hannah Pagano

NOTES
  • Today's match was the second of seven on Daemen's spring schedule. Both have ended in 5-2 defeats, the first coming last Friday to Edinboro.
  • Daemen dropped to 0-6 all-time against Niagara, an affiliate of NCAA Division I and the Metro Atlantic Collegiate Conference. The Wildcats remain in search of the program's first-ever win against a Division I opponent.
  • Rubio's singles win gives her a team-leading 14 victories (combined singles/doubles) this season. It also marked her 27th career win, moving her into a tie with Lorissa Yuen for seventh in program history. 
  • Rubio now has seven singles victories this season, matching her total from last season when she earned ECC Rookie of the Year honors. Her 14 career singles wins is also tied for seventh in program history.
  • Stasiuk is unbeaten in singles play this spring and now has 12 wins this season and 79 in her career (combined singles/doubles). She ranks third in program history and is just five shy of tying Gretchen Ringler for second. Stasiuk's singles win was the 45th of her career which ranks second in program history. 

WHAT'S NEXT
Daemen returns to action Wednesday, March 9 when visiting Division III Houghton for a 6 p.m. match at the Kerr-Pegula Field House. 

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