HOUGHTON, N.Y. – The Daemen University women's tennis team began their 2024-25 campaign with a resounding 7-0 win over Houghton University at the Kerr-Pegula Fieldhouse.
The Wildcats pick up their first win of the season while the Highlanders drop to 0-4. Daemen is now 8-0 all-time against Houghton as well following the victory.
Daemen opened the match by winning all three doubles matches and only dropping three games throughout. The Wildcats No. 2 doubles tandem of junior
Carly Armitage (Rochester, N.Y.) and freshman
Stephanie Baier (Boise, Idaho) swept the duo of MyaKay Bartman and Kelsi Clapper, 6-0.
In singles play, the Wildcats continued to roll as senior
Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) defeated Houghton's Arija Grant without dropping a game, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles while at No. 2 singles, fellow senior,
Yinett Del Leon (Cape Coral, Fla.), downed Clancey Cockle 6-0, 6-1. For Scime, she now sits 11 wins away from the program record for singles wins. At No. 3 singles, Armitage prevailed over Bartman again by scores of 6-1, 6-0. At No. 4 and No. 5 singles, freshman
Bella Bjerkan (Elmhurst, Ill.) and Baier each made their collegiate singles debuts and won. Bjerkan defeated Houghton's Zoe Zachary 6-0, 6-3 and Baier downed Clapper in their singles rematch 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 and No. 5 singles respectively. Junior
Dania Mehani (Amherst, N.Y.) completed the sweep for the Wildcats, defeating Victoria Martinez 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6 singles.
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 -
Kitsa Scime &
Yinett Del Leon (Daemen) def. Arija Grant & Clancey Cockle (Houghton), 6-2
#2 –
Stephanie Baier &
Carly Armitage (Daemen) def. Myakay Bartman & Kelsi Clapper (Houghton), 6-0
#3 –
Bella Bjerkan &
Zoe Gietmann (Daemen) def. Zoe Zachery & Victoria Martinez (Houghton), 6-1
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 - Scime def. Grant, 6-0, 6-0
#2 – Del Leon def. Cockle, 6-0, 6-1
#3 – Armitage def. Bartman, 6-1, 6-0
#4 – Bjerkan def. Zachery, 6-0, 6-3
#5 – Baier def. Clapper, 6-0, 6-1
#6
Dania Mehani def. Martinez, 6-2, 6-4
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