Molloy Box Score

NYIT Box Score

The Queens College women's tennis team ran its record to 9-0 over the weekend, as the Knights defeated Molloy on Friday by a 9-0 count, before besting NYIT in East Coast Conference action Saturday afternoon, 8-1.

Friday: Queens 9, Molloy 0

In a match played at NYIT, Queens repeated a complete sweep over the Lions, as the two teams met with an identical result on Tuesday. Molloy started down 2-0, as it defaulted both the No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles positions. In the first singles flight, junior Erika Goldsmith (Edison, N.J.) and freshman standout Francesca Fanchin (New York, N.Y.) swept past Nikki Gloria and Madeline Jurlano by an 8-love count. Meanwhile, sophomore Anna Rodionova (Orenburg, Russia) and freshman Phoebe Chiem (Duluth, Ga.) defeated Jeana Frey and Michelle Strack in the No. 2 doubles flight, 8-2.

In singles action, Goldsmith scored a 6-2, 6-1 decision over Frey at the top of the lineup, followed by a 6-1, 6-2 decision at No. 2 by Rodionova over Jurlano. Fanchin knocked off Gloria by a 6-love, 6-2 count at No. 3, while junior Daniela Celi (Casselberry, Fla.) took down Gabrielle DiCroce at No. 4, 6-1 and 6-love. Senior Taylor Barber (Salt Lake City, Utah) rounded out the results by besting Strack at the No. 5 flight, 6-2 and 6-1.

Saturday: Queens 9, NYIT 0

A highly competitive doubles match at the top of the flight gave QC the momentum in capturing a victory against the visting Bears (8-3). Goldsmith and Fanchin found themselves down 5-2 against USTA/ITA East Regional finalists, Sara Burinato and Gabriela Rodriguez, but fought back to earn a 9-7 victory in the No. 1 position. This victory gave Queens a sweep of the three doubles matches, as Rodionova and Chiem took out Rocio Benavent and Melanie Hoffer, 8-3, before Barber and senior Andrea Salvetova (Plzen, Czech Republic) registered an 8-love edge at No. 3 over Alexis Tyson and Chelseyann Bipat.

Goldsmith and Benavent then did battle at the top of the singles lineup, as Goldsmith won the first set, 6-1, before Benavent forced a tiebreaker with a 7-5, second-set decision. Goldsmith then gutted out a 10-7 triumph in the super tiebreaker.

Fanchin defeated Rodriguez at No. 3 singles by a 6-1, 6-2 score, while Chiem took out Hoffer at No. 4, 6-2 and 6-1. Celi won by a 6-1, 6-love decision at No. 5 versus Tyson, while Salvetova used identical 6-love scores to defeat Bipat in the No. 6 flight.

Head coach Alan Nagel's Knights are next scheduled to be in action Oct. 10, when they play host to Georgian Court at 12 noon in an East Region battle.