Women's Tennis Hosts D'Youville In ECC Opener Tuesday

9/18/2023 5:45:00 PM

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

AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Daemen women's tennis team opens East Coast Conference play Tuesday (Sept. 19) when the Wildcats host cross-town rival D'Youville University. The match will take place at the Williamsville South High School tennis courts and is set to begin at 12 p.m.

THE WILDCATS
Daemen returns to dual match play after taking part in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region Championships this past weekend in New York City. Daemen opened dual match play back on Sept. 9-10 with back-to-back wins over St. John Fisher University (8-1) and William Smith College (5-4). The Wildcats are looking to start a season 3-0 for the first time since the 2020-21 season. Head coach Richard Greco, Jr. returns five players from last year's team and the 2023-24 roster features four newcomers (two transfers, two freshmen). Senior Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) and Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) top the list of returning players. Rubio enters her fourth season with the program this fall. The ECC Rookie of the Year and second team All-ECC pick as a freshman in 2021-22, she is 2-3 in singles play so far this season and recorded her 25th career singles win during the victory over St. John Fisher. Scime enjoyed an outstanding second season with the program last year. Playing primarily No. 2 singles throughout the year, she went 15-6 in singles play. Her 15 wins last year rank as the second most in a single season in program history, behind only Christina Stasiuk who posted 18 wins during the 2017-18 season. A second-team All-ECC pick and team MVP last year, Scime also recorded her 27th career singles win during the ITA East Region Championships and is now 22-9 in her last 31 singles matches dating back to the end of her freshman season. Junior Yinett Del Leon (Cape Coral, Fla.) is 2-4 in singles play this year, while sophomore Carly Armitage (Rochester, N.Y.) is 2-1. Freshman Maya Chon (Wichita, Kan.) picked up her first career singles win during the season-opening Allegheny Invitational over Labor Day Weekend.

THE SAINTS
D'Youville opened its 2023-24 campaign with a 7-0 loss at Post University this past Sunday. The Saints went 1-10 overall (0-5 ECC) last year with the lone win coming over SUNY Fredonia.

SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday's match will mark the 10th all-time meeting between the two schools. Daemen has prevailed in each of the previous nine meetings. The teams met twice last year, with Daemen posting a 5-2 win during the fall season and a 7-0 victory in the spring.

UP NEXT
Daemen heads to Pennsylvania at the end of the week. The Wildcats will play at Millersville on Sunday (Sept. 24) and Kutztown on Monday (Sept. 25).

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