ORLANDO, FLA.– SUNY Geneseo junior Maggie Hale captured both her doubles and singles matches in tie-breakers to help lead the Knights to a 7-2 win over Connecticut College on Monday. Geneseo, ranked No. 15 in the Northeast Region, raised its record to 12-0 in its first match since winning the SUNYAC Championship in October.
Hale teamed with sophomore Lauren Salzano to take the match at number-two doubles, 9-8, with a 7-2 win in the tie-breaker. The win gave the Knights a 2-1 lead after the doubles as the number-one duo of seniors Cat Crummey and Marylen Santos captured their match 8-4, raising their record to 20-2 on the season.
The Knights took five of the singles matches, with Crummey (number-one), Santos (number-two) and Salzano (number-four) each prevailing in straight sets. Hale and first-year Vanessa Lam-Tran both had to go into a tie-breaker to determine the winners after splitting their first two sets. Hale captured the number-five match with a 14-12 tie-breaker win, while Lam-Tran prevailed 10-6 at number-six.Lam-Tran came back after dropping the first set.
Connecticut College entered the match with a 1-0 mark after participating primarily in tournament play in the fall. The Camels were 9-12 in 2014-15 playing in the NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference), which includes current nationally-ranked teams Williams (No. 2), Amherst (No. 4), Middlebury (No. 6), Bowdoin (No. 8), Wesleyan (No. 17), Tufts (No. 22) and Trinity (No. 29).
Geneseo returns to action on Tuesday, March 15 against Wisconsin-La Crosse. The Eagles are currently 9-1 and finished second in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship last fall. They were ranked No. 17 in the Central Region in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll.
Geneseo 7, Connecticut College 2
#1 Doubles:
Marylen Santos/Cat Crummey (G) def. Aleksandra Drljaca/Charlotte Marcoux (C) 8-4
#2 Doubles:
Maggie Hale/Lauren Salzano (G) def. Emily Migliorini/Angelica Warren (C) 9-8 (7-2)
#1 Singles:
Crummey (G) def. Drljaca (C) 6-2, 6-4
#2 Singles:
Santos (G) def. Migliorni (C) 6-4, 6-2
#3 Singles:
Marcoux (C) def. Pornpitaksuk (G) 6-0, 3-0
#4 Singles:
Salzano (G) def. A. Warren (C) 6-4, 6-3
#5 Singles
Hale (G) def. Susanna Studwell (C) 6-4, 3-6, 14-12
#6 Singles:
Lam-Tran (G) def. M. Warren (C) 3-6, 6-2, 10-6
