Golden Eagles Spoil Senior Day for Sage Women's Tennis with 5-4 win
Albany, NY– The Sage Colleges' women's tennis team hosted the Golden Eagles of St. Joseph's College on Saturday in a Skyline Conference match. The match started at Prospect Park, but was forced indoors after the afternoon rain storm interrupted the contest. The Golden Eagles posted the 5-4 win to improve to 9-3 overall and 4-2 in the conference, while the loss puts Sage at 8-6 overall and 2-5 in the league.
St. Joseph's held a 2-1 lead after the doubles as they picked up victories at 1 and 3 doubles. The Gators clawed right back and took a 4-3 lead with two singles matches to be played in the action.
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Sage picked up wins at first, second, and third singles once the action was moved indoors. Pacing the attack was sophomore Kirsten Ackerman (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland) as she beat junior Nancy Marroquin (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford), 6-0, 6-3. Ackerman's singles victory put her at 14-1 overall and helped her to a perfect 13-0 mark in dual match play. She finishes conference play with a 6-0 record. |
Sage's senior captain Mackenzie Riley (Albany, NY/Albany) connected for a 6-2, 6-1 win over junior Katie Soeder (Patchogue, NY/Patchogue-Medford) and improves to 12-4 overall this fall with a 12-2 dual match record. She wraps her Sage career with an impressive 22-5 record in singles action.
Sage' s senior Isabella Pericone (Scotia, NY/Burnt Hills Ballston Lake) posted a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles as she defeated freshman Cristina Valente (Medford, NY/Patchogue-Medford), 6-0, 6-0. Pericone went 13-1 this fall and concludes her Sage career with an 18-9 singles record and was a Skyline Conference Second Team All-Star as a junior.
The Golden Eagles picked up wins at No. 4, 5, and 6 singles to turn the tides and take the match 5-4. Senior Katelyn Dorsey (Farmingville, NY/Sachem East) defeated Sage's other senior, Christina Kroder (Catskill, NY/Catskill), 6-4, 6-4. Kroder, who was a four-year letterwinner for the Gators added a win on Saturday with her partner, Ackerman at No. 2 doubles. They beat SJC's Valente and Dorsey, 8-2 and posted a 7-1 record with one another this season.
Sophomore Lindsey Merker (Flanders, NY/McGann-Mercy) and freshman Kelley McGrath (Nesconset, NY/Sachem North) sealed the win with their victories at No. 5 and 6 singles.
Tennis Match Results
St. Joseph's-LI vs The Sage Colleges
Oct 20, 2012 at
St. Joseph's-LI 5, The Sage Colleges 4
Singles competition
1. Kirsten Ackerman (SAGEW) def. Marroquin, Nancy (SJC-W-12) 6-0, 6-3
2. Mackenzie Riley (SAGEW) def. Soeder, Katie (SJC-W-12) 6-2, 6-1
3. Isabella Pericone (SAGEW) def. Valente, Cristina (SJC-W-12) 6-0, 6-0
4. Dorsey, Katelyn (SJC-W-12) def. Christina Kroder (SAGEW) 6-1, 6-1
5. Merker, Lindsey (SJC-W-12) def. Mary Kate Hayward (SAGEW) 6-4, 6-4
6. McGrath, Kelley (SJC-W-12) def. Lauren Bendall (SAGEW) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Marroquin, Nancy/Soeder, Katie (SJC-W-12) def. Mackenzie Riley/Isabella Pericone (SAGEW) 8-5
2. Kirsten Ackerman/Christina Kroder (SAGEW) def. Valente, Cristina/Dorsey, Katelyn (SJC-W-12) 8-2
3. McGrath, Kelley/Merker, Lindsey (SJC-W-12) def. Mary Kate Hayward/Lauren Bendall (SAGEW) 8-2
Match Notes:
St. Joseph's-LI 9-3, 4-2 Skyline
The Sage Colleges 8-6, 2-5 Skyline
Official: Ed Post A-30
