September 27, 2017

Box Score

The Basics

• Score: Stevens Institute of Technology Women's Tennis 8 Muhlenberg College 1
• Location: Stevens Tennis Courts - Hoboken, N.J.
• Short Story: The Stevens Institute of Technology women's tennis team dropped only five points in the singles flights to earn an 8-1 victory over Muhlenberg College in a non-conference match Wednesday afternoon.
• The records: Stevens: 5-1; 4-1 (Empire 8); Muhlenberg: 0-2; 0-0 (Centennial) 
• Of note: The victory was the fifth straight for Stevens and the first against a non-conference opponent.

    
How It Happened

• Sophomore Nicole Badalyan and sophomore Gabrielle Tantillo opened the match scoring with an 8-1 victory at No. 3 doubles. 
• Sophomores Julia Earl and Isabella Calandra gave the Ducks a 2-0 lead with an 8-3 win over Muhlenberg's Megan Olson and Jourdyn Buckheit at first doubles.
• The Mules earned their only point of the match with a hard-fought 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles.
• Earl earned her second victory of the match with a straight-set win at first singles.
• Junior Victoria Piskarev continued her strong play in the singles flights with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Shelby Knafo.
• Freshman Makenna Sargis shutout Molly Roitman to give Stevens the victory.
• Calandra, Zoretic and Hadwen earned singles victories to provide the final margin of victory.

Singles Results

• Julia Earl (STEVENS) def. Meghan Olsen (MUHL) 6-0, 6-1 
• Victoria Piskarev (STEVENS) def. Shelby Knafo (MUHL) 6-1, 6-0 
• Isabella Calandra (STEVENS) def. Jourdyn Buckheit (MUHL) 6-0, 6-1 
• Jill Hadwen (STEVENS) def. Carina Nicolaisen (MUHL) 6-1, 6-0 
• Sydney Zoretic (STEVENS) def. Geetika Bhatia (MUHL) 6-1, 6-0 
• Makenna Sargis (STEVENS) def. Molly Roitman (MUHL) 6-0, 6-0 

Doubles Results

• Julia Earl/Isabella Calandra (STEVENS) def. Meghan Olsen/Jourdyn Buckheit (MUHL) 8-3 
• Carina Nicolaisen/Shelby Knafo (MUHL) def. Sydney Zoretic/Chelsea Braithwaite (STEVENS) 8-6 
• Nicole Badalyan/Gabriella Tantillo (STEVENS) def. Geetika Bhatia/Molly Roitman (MUHL) 8-1 

From the Court

• "It was a good out-of-conference win for our girls. We went up 2-1 after doubles and kept our foot down and swept the singles. We are looking forward to using this momentum heading into more conference play this weekend." - head coach Steve Gachko
• "The Ducks fought hard again today and got the win! We are starting to gain a lot of confidence and momentum of a team, and we look forward to our conference doubleheader this weekend."  - assistant coach Brian Maher

Up Next

• Stevens hosts to upstate New York for a pair of Empire 8 Conference matches. 
• The Ducks will take on Hartwick College (Sept. 30) and Utica College (Oct. 1) as women's tennis in the final road contests of the 2017 season.

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