Score: Nazareth College 6, Elmira College 3
Records: Nazareth College (4-2, 4-1 E8), Elmira College (4-5, 2-4 E8)
Location: Nazareth Tennis Courts – Rochester, NY
 
Rochester, NY -- In one of the most anticipated Empire 8 Conference matches of the 2015 season, the Elmira College women's tennis team would come up just short on the road to Nazareth College, 6-3.
 
For a fifth time this season, the Elmira women won 2-of-3 doubles matches, as the Soaring Eagles picked up wins at first and second doubles. Ayaka Yoshino '16 and Ellen Plowman '16 tallied an 8-4 win at the first spot while second doubles tandem Stephanie Tock '16 and Megan Fitzgerald '18 earned an 8-1 victory.
 
Heading into singles play with a 2-1 lead, Elmira just needed three singles victories to clinch their fifth win of the year.  Yoshino put the Soaring Eagles two wins away from a team-win, as she rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at first singles.
 
Unfortunately, the Purple and Gold were unable to tally another singles win, as the Golden Flyers prevailed on their home courts by a 6-3 score line.
 
Turning Point
In all four of Elmira's wins this season, the Soaring Eagles have received wins at first, second, third and fourth singles. Today, needing just three singles victories, Elmira only saw one of their top four singles players register a win, which ultimately led to a 6-3 defeat.
 
Match Recap

• Elmira won 2-of-3 doubles matches, earning wins at the first and second positions.
• Nazareth used a strong singles effort to clinch today's win, as the Golden Flyers were triumphant in 5-of-6 singles matches.
• Yoshino and Plowman were 8-4 winners at first doubles.
• EC's second doubles tandem, Tock and Fitzgerald, rolled past the Golden Flyers 8-1.
• Yoshino tallied Elmira's lone singles victory on the day, as she posted a 6-0, 6-0 win.

 
News and Notes

• Today's match marks the first time this year Elmira has lost a match after winning 2-of-3 doubles matches.
• Elmira's conference record stands at 2-4, which eliminates the Soaring Eagles from E8 postseason contention.
• The last time Elmira lost a match after winning 2-of-3 doubles matches dates back to 2012, when the Purple and Gold fell 5-4 to Keuka College.
• For a sixth time this season, Yoshino won both her singles and doubles matches.
• Yoshino's two wins this afternoon puts her career total at 69, just one shy of tying an 11-year old Elmira College record.

Scores 
Complete box score will be available later.  

Up Next
Elmira concludes the 2015 regular season this weekend, as the Soaring Eagles host Houghton College and Alfred University in back-to-back conference matches. EC takes on the Highlanders on Saturday, October 10th, at 1:00 p.m. before facing the Saxons the following day at 1:00 p.m. Both matches will take place at the Murray Athletic Center Tennis Dome.