Women's Tennis Closes Out Season With Three Matches

Wildcats Host D'Youville Friday Night In Final Home Match

4/13/2023 11:26:00 AM

By: CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Match #17
Daemen Wildcats vs. D'Youville Saints
DATE: Friday, April 14
TIME: 8 p.m.
LOCATION: Williamsville, N.Y. | Miller Tennis Center

Match #18
Daemen Wildcats at Franklin Pierce Ravens
DATE: Sunday, April 16
TIME: 5 p.m.
LOCATION: Rindge, N.H. | FPU Tennis Courts - 5 p.m.

Match #19
Daemen Wildcats at Saint Anselm Hawks
DATE: Monday, April 17
TIME: 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Manchester, N.H. | Saint Anselm Tennis Courts - 3 p.m.

THAT'S A WRAP
The women's tennis team closes out its 2022-23 season with three matches over four days. The Wildcats host crosstown rival D'Youville in their home finale Friday night, before hitting the road to New Hampshire for matches at Franklin Pierce and Saint Anselm. Daemen owns a 5-11 overall record and went 1-1 during a trip to Virginia earlier this week. The Wildcats suffered a 6-3 loss to Southern Virginia, before capping the trip with a 7-2 win over Shenandoah.

BACK AT THE HELM
Second-year head coach Richard Greco, Jr. returns after leading the Wildcats to their second-straight appearance in the ECC Tournament last fall. The Wildcats finished with a 7-10 overall record and a 2-3 mark in ECC play in 2021-22. The seven wins were the most in a season for Daemen since posting 10 wins in 2017-18.

RETURNING VETERANS
The Wildcat returners are headlined by junior Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.). Rubio, who earned ECC Rookie of the Year and all-conference honors two years ago, posted a 10-9 mark at No. 1 singles last year and a 9-9 record in doubles play. Rubio has gone 23-20 in singles play over her career and ranks seventh in both combined singles and doubles wins (45) and total singles wins (23) among the program's all-time leaders. Senior Mackenzie Schayes (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) and sophomore Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.), who posted a combined 13 singles and 10 doubles wins last year, also return to the lineup. Scime won her first four singles matches this year and owns a team best 13-6 singles record this season. She has moved into the Top-10 in both combined singles and doubles wins (36) and career singles victories (21) among Daemen's all-time leaders. Senior Ailish McDevitt (Jamesville, N.Y.) and sophomore Yinett Del Leon (Cape Coral, Fla.) are also back. Del Leon owns a 7-11 singles record this season.

FRESH FACES
The team welcomes freshmen Carly Armitage (Rochester, N.Y.) and Dania Mehani (Amherst, N.Y.) to the lineup. Armitage stands at 7-12 in singles play on the year.

SCIME EARNS ALL-ECC HONORS
Sophomore Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) was named to the All-East Coast Conference Second Team this past fall. The official announcement of All-ECC teams was made in a press release from the conference's headquarters on Long Island. It marks the first all-conference accolade for Scime. She joins current teammate Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) and former standouts Christina Stasiuk and Karli Hollins as the only players in program history to garner All-ECC recognition. Rubio earned the nod in 2020-21 when she was also named the ECC Rookie of the Year. Stasiuk was a second team selection last year. Playing primarily in the No. 2 position of the Wildcats singles lineup, Scime has notched a team-high 13 singles victories this year. She has added eight doubles wins as well, seven of which came while paired with Rubio. Scime went 8-9 in singles play last year as a freshman and has posted a 21-15 singles record over her two-year career. She is 16-7 in her last 23 singles matches dating back to the end of last season. She ranks eighth in both career singles wins (21) and combined singles and doubles wins (36) among Daemen's all-time leaders.

SALUTE TO THE SENIORS
Seniors Ailish McDevitt ( Jamesville, N.Y.) and Mackenzie Schayes (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.) will be honored prior to the start of Friday's match against D'Youville in recognition of their final home match. Both McDevitt and Schayes are four-year members of the program. Schayes went 7-3 in singles play as a sophomore and ranks ninth among Daemen's all-time leaders in both combined singles and doubles wins (32) and career singles victories (19). McDevitt has played in 32 singles matches and 26 doubles matches over her career.

SCOUTING D'YOUVILLE
D'Youville enters Friday's match with a 1-9 overall record. The Saints went winless (0-5) in East Coast Conference play this past fall. Friday's match will mark the 2022-23 season finale for the Saints. D'Youville is coming off a 6-3 loss at SUNY Brockport last Friday. Juniors Khushi Agarwal and Julia Clapper picked up singles wins against Brockport.

ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. D'YOUVILLE
Series Record: Daemen, 8-0
At Daemen: Daemen, 4-0
At D'Youville: Daemen, 4-0
Last Meeting: Daemen 5, D'Youville 2 | October 8, 2022 | at Williamsville, N.Y.

SCOUTING FRANKLIN PIERCE
Franklin Pierce is a NCAA Division II affiliate and a member of the Northeast-10 Conference. FPU (10-4) plays at Queens Friday before hosting Daemen Sunday. The Ravens went 8-2 in conference play last fall and advanced to the championship match of the NE-10 Tournament. FPU was denied its third-straight NE-10 Tournament title following a 4-3 loss to top-seeded Southern New Hampshire. Junior Maria Penalver has posted a team-best 11-4 singles record this year, which includes a 9-3 mark at No. 1 singles. Graduate student Ana Platisa is 9-4 in singles play this year and earned first team all-conference honors last fall. Senior Liria Loria is 10-5 in singles play and was a second team All NE-10 pick in the fall.

ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. FRANKLIN PIERCE
First Meeting

SCOUTING SAINT ANSELM
Saint Anselm is a NCAA Division II affiliate and a member of the Northeast-10 Conference. The Hawks (4-11) host American International Saturday before hosting Daemen on Monday. Saint Anselm went 3-5 in conference play last fall and earned a bid to the six-team NE-10 Tournament. The Hawks suffered a 4-0 loss to third-seeded Le Moyne in the opening round. Freshman Camila Heredia Osante has gone 7-7 in singles play this year and earned third-team all-conference honors last fall. Fellow rookie Irene Garbo is 8-4 in singles play this year, all at the No. 1 position.

ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. SAINT ANSELM
First Meeting

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