BUFFALO, N.Y. – Looking to conclude their East Coast Conference slate on a positive note, the Queens College women's tennis team traveled to Buffalo, N.Y. for a two-match stand against the Wildcats of Daemen University and the Saints of D'Youville University over the weekend.
The Knights began the trip with a Friday evening 7-0 sweep over the Wildcats before ending the trip with another sweep as they defeated the Saints 7-0 Saturday night.
With the win, the Knights conclude the fall regular season with an overall record of 7-0 and 5-0 in ECC play.
With an undefeated record in conference play, head coach
Alan Nagel and the Knights clinched their first regular season championship since the 2019 season and earned the #1 seed in the East Coast Conference Women's Tennis Championship Tournament.
Friday Match vs. Daemen University
Doubles
To begin doubles play, the #3 doubles pair of junior
Rea Hagishima (Tokyo, Japan) and graduate student
Kyra Bergmann (Forest Hills, N.Y.) earned a quick 6-0 victory over Carly Armitage and Emily Jablonski.
Queens would clinch the doubles points following a victory at #2 doubles court as the duo of sophomore
Apolline Lamy (Toulouse, France) and graduate student
Eva Rivoal (Saint Denis de Pile, France) earned a 6-1 victory over Yinett Del Leon and Maya Chon for a 1-0 match lead.
The Knights would complete the doubles sweep at #1 doubles court as the pair of senior
Maja Makal (Bialystok, Poland) and junior
Saga Berggren (Uddevalla, Sweden) earned a 6-4 victory over Frida Rubio and Kitsa Scime.
Singles
The Knights would take a 2-0 lead as senior
Ana Tarbujaru (Valcea, Romania) earned a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Armitage at #4 singles.
Queens would go up 3-0 following a victory at #6 singles with Bergmann earning a two-set sweep over Jablonski to the score of 6-0, 6-0.
Lamy would clinch the match at #3 singles with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Leon.
Staying on course Makal defeated Rubio to the score of 6-2, 6-3 at #1 singles for a 5-0 lead.
Queens would take a commanding lead of 6-0 as junior
Caroline Hany-Fawzy (Alexandria, Egypt) defeated Scime at #2 singles to the score of 6-1, 6-1.
The Knights would complete the Friday evening sweep as freshman
Kayla Taszymowicz (Brooklyn, N.Y.) earned a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Chon at #5 singles court.
Saturday Match vs. D'Youville University
Doubles
The duo of sophomore
Apolline Lamy (Toulouse, France) and graduate student
Eva Rivoal (Saint Denis de Pile, France) would be promoted to #1 doubles and earned a 6-1 victory over the pair of Yuliia Kashtelian and Khushi Agarwal.
While the pair of junior
Caroline Hany-Fawzy (Alexandria, Egypt) and senior
Ana Tarbujaru (Valcea, Romania) were promoted to #2 doubles and earned a shutout victory of 6-0 over Maria Campisi and Paola Ermina.
The #3 doubles pair of junior
Rea Hagishima (Tokyo, Japan) and graduate student
Kyra Bergmann (Forest Hills, N.Y.) completed the doubles with a 6-0 victory over Hannah Flynn and Eliza Prokopenk.
Singles
Taking a 1-0 lead into singles play, Fawzy would be promoted to #1 singles and earned a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Kashtelian.
Lamy at #2 singles would earn a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Agarwal as the Knights took a 3-0 lead.
Junior
Saga Berggren (Uddevalla, Sweden) at #3 singles would defeat Campisi to the score of 6-0, 6-1 as the Knights clinched the match.
Taszymowicz promoted to #4 singles would earn a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Ermina as the Knights took a 5-0 lead.
Bergmann at #5 singles would earn her second sweep of the week with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Flynn.
Freshman
Allycia Santa-Cruz (Queens, N.Y.) made her season dual debut at #6 singles and would earn her first career victory with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Prokopenk as Queens earned their fourth straight ECC series of the year.
UP NEXT: Head coach
Alan Nagel and the Knights will use the week to prepare for the East Coast Conference Women's Tennis Championship set to begin on Friday (Oct. 27) morning. More details to follow.
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