Women’s Tennis Wins RPI Invitational

TROY, NY- The SUNY New Paltz women’s tennis team finished the RPI Invitational with six points on Sunday afternoon to capture the tournament victory.  St. John Fisher was second with 14 points and Hartwick and RPI both finished with 10 points a piece.

The team of Montana Wilson (Hopewell Junction/John Jay) and Kayla DiPaulo (Liverpool) swept the second flight with a 3-0 record.  The team of Stephanie Schara (Huntington/Kellenberg Memorial) and Lindsey Garyn (Melville/Half Hollow East Hills) finished with a 2-1 record in the first flight and in the third flight Lyndsey Lovinger (Miller Place) and Kerri Serkes (Massapequa) finished with a 1-2 record.

Results from the doubles flight:

Flight 1:
St. John Fisher (3-0): Laura Hale & Elena Vahl def. Christine Roe & Jessica Sitzer (R), 8-2; def. Stephanie Schara & Lindsey Garyn (NP), 9-7; def. Betsy Breaznell & Christina Sorrentino (H), 8-5

New Paltz (2-1): Schara & Garyn def. Roe & Sitzer (R), 8-1; def. Breaznell & Sorrentino (H), 8-5; lost to Hale & Vahl (S), 8-2

Hartwick (1-2): Breaznell & Sorrentino def. Roe & Sitzer (R), 8-6; lost to Schara & Garyn (NP), 8-5; lost to Hale & Vahl (S), 8-5

Rensselaer (0-3): Roe & Sitzer lost to Hale & Vahl (S), 8-2; lost to Schara & Garyn (NP), 8-1; lost to Breaznell & Sorrentino (H), 8-6

Flight 2:
New Paltz (3-0): Montana Wilson & Kayla DiPaulo def. Caroline Albrecht & Brianna Dickie (R), 8-4; def. Jen Lin & Kim Post (H), 8-2; def. Katie Catalano & Katie Barlow (S), 8-1

Rensselaer (2-1): Albrecht & Dickie def. Lin & Post (H), 8-2; def. Catalano & Barlow (S), 8-5; lost to Wilson & DiPaulo (N), 8-4

St. John Fisher (1-2): Catalano & Barlow def. Lin & Post (H), 8-6; lost to Wilson & DiPaulo (N), 8-1; lost to Albrect & Dickie (R), 8-5

Hartwick (0-3): Lin & Post lost to Wilson & DiPaulo (S), 8-2; Albrecht & Dickie (R), 8-2; lost to Catalano & Barlow (S), 8-6

Flight 3:
St. John Fisher (3-0): Katelyn Smith & Jordan Brungard def. Kimberly Viles & Hetal Baman (R), 8-3; def. Lovinger & Serkes (N), 8-6; def. Carly Jesset & Lauren Michels (H), 8-1

Rensselaer (1-2): Viles & Baman def. Jesset & Michels (H), 8-4; lost to Smith & Brungard (S), 8-3; lost to Lovinger & Serkes (N), 8-5

New Paltz (1-2): Lovinger & Serkes def. Viles & Baman (R), 8-5; lost to Smith & Brungard (S), 8-6, lost to Jesset & Michels (H), 8-5

Hartwick (1-2): Jesset & Michels def. Lovinger & Serkes (N), 8-5; lost to Smith & Brungard (S), 8-1; lost to Viles & Baman (R), 8-4

The Hawks return to the court for SUNYAC play in Syracuse from Friday, September 11th through Sunday, September 13th.