Women's Tennis 10/14/2017 5:30:00 PM Charles O'Brien

Women’s Tennis falls to Nazareth in thrilling E8 Championship match

October 14, 2017

Box Score

The Basics

Score: Nazareth College 5 Stevens Institute of Technology Women's Tennis 4
Location: Mendon Racquet & Swim Club - Pittsford, N.Y.
Short Story: The Stevens Institute of Technology women's tennis team came up just short in its quest for a first-ever Empire 8 Conference championship Saturday, falling in heartbreaking fashion to Nazareth College 5-4.
The records: Stevens: 9-2; Nazareth: 11-0

How It Happened

Stevens jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles play.
Nazareth's Allison Friends and Marisa Joyce bested sophomore Nicole Badalyan and junior Sydney Zoretic at second doubles to give the Golden Flyers an early advantage.
Stevens responded with consecutive victories at first and third doubles. Sophomores Isabella Calandra and Julia Earl returned to their winning ways with an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles and the freshman tandem of Chelsea Braithwaite and Makenna Sargis closed doubles play with an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles.
Freshman Makenna Sargis continued her outstanding inaugural season with a straight-set win at sixth singles.
Nazareth responded with three straight wins at third, fourth and fifth singles to take a 4-3 lead.
With the season on the line, Earl responded with a thrilling, come-from-behind win (3-6, 6-3, 7-5) at first singles.
With the teams tied at four, Nazareth's Maelah Nadeau rallied to defeat junior Victoria Piskarev (3-6, 6-4, 6-3) to close the match,
It was Nazareth's first Empire 8 Championship since 2002.

Singles Results

Julia Earl (STEVENS) def. Allison Friends (NAZARETH) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Maelah Nadeau (NAZARETH) def. Victoria Piskarev (STEVENS) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Elizabeth Karstedt (NAZARETH) def. Isabella Calandra (STEVENS) 6-2, 6-2
Jackie Lisak (NAZARETH) def. Chelsea Braithwaite (STEVENS) 6-1, 6-4
Marisa Joyce (NAZARETH) def. Sydney Zoretic (STEVENS) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
Makenna Sargis (STEVENS) def. Aliana Burgos (NAZARETH) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles Results

Isabella Calandra/Julia Earl (STEVENS) def. Maelah Nadeau/Erin Schantz (NAZARETH) 8-3
Allison Friends/Marisa Joyce (NAZARETH) def. Nicole Badalyan/Sydney Zoretic (STEVENS) 8-1
Chelsea Braithwaite/Makenna Sargis (STEVENS) def. Elizabeth Karstedt/Jackie Lisak (NAZARETH) 8-3

From the Court (Gachko)

"I'm so very proud of the fight our girls had today. This match could have went either way and it's even tougher to lose when it comes down to the wire like it did today. Congratulations to Nazareth on a hard-fought conference title."
"Although we didn't get the outcome we wanted, we are all proud of our continued improvement over the course of this season and look forward to what's to come for our program next season."

Up Next

The Ducks will return to the court in the spring of 2018 for the non-traditional portion for the schedule.

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Players Mentioned

Nicole Badalyan: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Isabella Calandra: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Julia Earl: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Victoria Piskarev: 5' 6"; Junior

Sydney Zoretic: 5' 7"; Junior

Chelsea Braithwaite: 5' 4"; First-Year

Makenna Sargis: 5' 4"; First-Year

Players Mentioned

Nicole Badalyan
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Isabella Calandra
: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Julia Earl
: 5' 6"; Sophomore

Victoria Piskarev
: 5' 6"; Junior

Sydney Zoretic
: 5' 7"; Junior

Chelsea Braithwaite
: 5' 4"; First-Year

Makenna Sargis
: 5' 4"; First-Year

Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics

Women’s Tennis falls to Nazareth in thrilling E8 Championship match

Players Mentioned

Nicole Badalyan

Isabella Calandra

Julia Earl

Victoria Piskarev

Sydney Zoretic

Chelsea Braithwaite

Makenna Sargis

Players Mentioned

Nicole Badalyan

Isabella Calandra

Julia Earl

Victoria Piskarev

Sydney Zoretic

Chelsea Braithwaite

Makenna Sargis

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