SPARKILL, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College women's tennis team remained unbeaten on the year following a 7-0 victory over Daemen University today at the Riley Family Tennis Courts. STAC, which was picked second in the preseason East Coast Conference coaches' poll, improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in the ECC. Daemen dropped to 0-4 overall and 0-2 in the league.

The STAC tandem of Ebba Rosberg and Sananta Villegas Robles, who both collected all-conference honors last year, opened the match with a 6-1 win over junior Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) and sophomore Yinett Del Leon (Cape Coral, Fla.) at No. 1 doubles. The host Spartans won all three doubles matches to earn the one point heading into singles play.

Rubio and also Rosberg battled at No. 1 singles. Rosberg outlasted Rubio, 7-6, in the first game, before Rubio answered with a 6-3 win in game two. Rosberg took the third and deciding game, 10-7.

Daemen sophomore Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) also turned in a solid effort in singles play as she battled Viktoriia Pavlovets before falling 7-5, 7-6. Scime, who was named ECC Player of the Week on Monday, is now 4-2 in singles play on the year.

DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 - Ebba Rosberg & Samanta Villegas Robles (STAC) defeat Frida Rubio & Yinett Del Leon (Daemen), 6-1
#2 - Jemima Parkinson & Elita Sillins (STAC) defeat Kitsa Scime & Carly Armitage, (Daemen), 6-1
#3 - Paula Palero & Eliza Mulder (STAC) defeat Mackenzie Schayes & Ailish McDevitt (Daemen), 6-0

SINGLES RESULTS
#1 - Rosberg defeats Rubio, 7-6, 3-6, 10-7
#2 - Pavlovets defeats Scime, 7-5, 7-6
#3 - Palero defeats Del Leon, 6-0, 6-0
#4 - Amaia Balaguer Brau (STAC) defeats Armitage, 6-0, 6-0
#5 - Mulder defeats Schayes, 6-0, 6-0
#6 - Giovanna Jallas (STAC) defeats McDevitt, 6-0, 6-0

UP NEXT
Daemen returns to the New York City area next weekend when it takes part in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association East Region Championships. The four-day tournament (September 22-26) is being held once again at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center--the site of the U.S. Open--in the Flushing, N.Y.
 

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