Box Score

Pittsford, NY -- The Elmira College women's tennis team picked up their first Empire 8 Conference victory and moved to 2-0 on the season, defeating St. John Fisher College 9-0. This is EC's third straight win over the Cardinals, Elmira's longest such streak against St. John Fisher in over 15 years.
 
The Soaring Eagles jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead after both the first doubles team of Kimberly Salkin '18 and Ayaka Yoshino '16 and the third doubles team of Kayla Fitzgerald '15 and Megan Fitzgerald '15 walked off the court with easy 8-0 victories. The second doubles match, however, was much closer as both pairings were exchanging games. EC's Amy Schimdt '15 and Rebecca Zeuschner '18 prevailed with an 8-6 win, giving Elmira the 3-0 lead heading into singles play.
 
The Purple and Gold just about dominated all six singles matches as well, winning each in straight sets. Elmira had the match wrapped up shortly into singles play after Salkin and Kayla Fitzgerald rolled to 6-0, 6-0 victories at first and fourth singles, respectively. Yoshino followed with a 6-1, 6-0 win at second singles to make it 6-0 and Schmidt followed with a 6-0, 6-2 win of her own, making it 7-0. Megan Fitzgerald and Zeuschner, in their first collegiate matches, each faced tests from their opponents, but each came out on top to complete the EC sweep.
 
Elmira has a short turnaround as the Soaring Eagles square-off with nine-time defending Empire 8 Champion Ithaca College on Wednesday, September 10th. The match is scheduled to start at 4:00 p.m. at EC's Murray Athletic Center. 

Singles Competition
1. Kimberly Salkin (ELMIRA) def. Sania Zaki (FISHER) 6-0, 6-0
2. Ayaka Yoshino (ELMIRA) def. Olivia Rotondo (FISHER) 6-1, 6-0
3. Amy Schmidt (ELMIRA) def. Sarah Sorrentino (FISHER) 6-0, 6-2
4. Kayla Fitzgerald (ELMIRA) def. Taylor Duquette (FISHER) 6-0, 6-0
5. Rebecca Zeuschner (ELMIRA) def. Alissa Cornacchia (FISHER) 6-4, 6-3
6. Megan Fitzgerald (ELMIRA) def. Teagan Zingg (FISHER) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles Competition
1. Salkin/Yoshino (ELMIRA) def. Zaki/Nonenmacher (FISHER) 8-0
2. Schmidt/Zeuschner (ELMIRA) def. Fleming/Pendergast (FISHER) 8-6
3. Fitzgerald/Fitzgerald (ELMIRA) def. Duquette/Cornacchia (FISHER) 8-0