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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Purple Eagles Outlast Wildcats In Non-Conference Match

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss to Niagara University in a non-conference match played this afternoon at the NU Tennis Courts. The host Purple Eagles picked up their first win of the year and improved to 1-2, while the Wildcats dropped to 4-2.

The match was played under NCAA Division I/II scoring rules and Niagara claimed the doubles point after winning two of the three matches. Daemen's No. 1 singles team of senior Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) and junior Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) posted a 6-3 win over seniors Elena Mayet and Coral Rodriguez, 6-3. Niagara took No. 2 doubles, as senior Jaida Borg and junior Mercedes Velasco defeated sophomore Carly Armitage (Rochester, N.Y.) and junior Emily Jablonski (Alden, N.Y.), 6-0. The Purple Eagles earned the point after sophomore Enrica Favaron and freshman Larisa Kotok got past junior Yinett Del Leon (Cape Coral, Fla.) and junior Arriana Lysiak (Depew, N.Y.), 6-1.

Niagara took five of the six singles matches. Mayet rallied for a win over Rubio at No. 1 singles. Rubio took the first set, 6-4, before Mayet answered with back-to-back 6-2 wins to take the set. Scime and Rodriguez waged a solid battle at No. 2 singles. Scime opened with a 6-0 win in set one, before Rodriguez responded with a 6-4 win in set two. Scime regrouped and posted a 6-1 win in set three to take the match.

Borg, Kotok, Velasco and Favaron all posted straight-set wins at No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 singles to conclude the match.

MATCH NOTES
  • The matched marked the eighth all-time meeting between Daemen and Niagara. The Purple Eagles have prevailed in all eight matches.
     
  • Scime recorded her 31st career singles win. She ranks fifth among Daemen's all-time leaders in career singles wins. She is 8-2 in singles play this year and is now 26-9 in her last 35 singles matches dating back to the end of her freshman season.
     
  • Rubio saw her three-match singles winning streak come to an end.
     
  • Rubio and Scime have won five of their last seven doubles matches and are 6-4 on the year.
     
  • Daemen is idle until Oct. 7 when it travels to the University of the District of Columbia for an East Coast Conference match.

    DOUBLES RESULTS
    #1 – Frida Rubio & Kitsa Scime (DAE) defeat Elena Mayet & Coral Rodriguez (NIA), 6-3
    #2 – Jaida Borg & Mercedes Velasco (NIA) defeat Carly Armitage & Emily Jablonski (DAE) (DAE), 6-0
    #3 – Enrica Favaron & Larisa Kotok (NIA) defeat Yinett Del Leon & Arianna Lysiak (DAE), 6-1

    Order of finish: n/a

    SINGLES RESULTS
    #1 – Mayet defeats Rubio, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
    #2 - Scime defeats Rodriguez, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
    #3 – Borg defeats Del Leon, 6-2, 6-0
    #4 – Kotok defeats Armitage, 6-1, 6-1
    #5 – Velasco defeats Jablonski, 6-0, 6-0
    #6 – Favaron defeats Lysiak, 6-1, 6-0

    Order of finish: n/a
 

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