Box Score Score: Fredonia 7, Elmira College 2
Records: Fredonia (7-1), Elmira (2-6)
Location: Steele Hall Tennis Courts – Fredonia, N.Y.
 
FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Elmira College women's tennis fell in non-conference action on the road this afternoon to Fredonia, 7-2. The Blue Devils earned their seventh win of the season, which extended Fredonia's winning streak to six matches, while the Soaring Eagles suffered their sixth loss of the 2017 fall season.
 
Fredonia opened the match with two doubles wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Eliza Johnson '21 and Cassie Brown '21 dropped a heartbreaker at the third position, as the pair of freshmen fell in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (7-2). EC's second doubles pairing of Emily Green '18 and Sarah Hill '19 came up short by an 8-2 final score.
 
Elmira's lone doubles point came at the No. 1 position, as Megan Fitzgerald '18 and Katy Jewett '21 continued their assault on opposing teams with an 8-3 victory. The EC duo improved to 7-1 on the year and extended their winning streak to five consecutive matches.
 
Singles action was controlled by the Blue Devils, who won five of the six matches. Earning Elmira's lone singles point was junior Danielle Bliss '19 at the No. 5 spot. The Belmont, New Hampshire, native edged her opponent by one break of serve in each set, as she claimed a 6-4, 6-3 victory. The win was Bliss' first of the 2017-18 season and first since March 25, 2017, when she earned a win over Wells College during Elmira's spring invite at the Murray Athletic Center.
 
Scores
Singles
1. Anna Chiacchia (FREDONIA) def. Megan Fitzgerald (ELMIRA) 6-2, 6-4
2. Olivia Miller (FREDONIA) def. Eliza Johnson (ELMIRA) 6-0, 6-1
3. Sarah Bunk (FREDONIA) def. Emily Green (ELMIRA) 6-0, 6-0
4. Chloe Karnisky (FREDONIA) def. Sarah Hill (ELMIRA) 6-2, 6-1
5. Danielle Bliss (ELMIRA) def. Mallory Mecca (FREDONIA) 6-4, 6-3
6. Christy May (FREDONIA) def. Cheyanne Holwell (ELMIRA) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. Fitzgerald/Jewett (ELMIRA) def. Miller/Chiacchia (FREDONIA) 8-3
2. Speach/Bunk (FREDONIA) def. Green/Hill (ELMIRA) 8-2
3. Mecca/King (FREDONIA) def. Johnson/Brown (ELMIRA) 9-8 (7-2)
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,6,4,2,1,5)
 
News and Notes

• Elmira falls to 1-3 in road matches this season and 1-3 against non-conference opponents.
• Fitzgerald and Jewett improved to 7-1 at No. 1 doubles and pushed their winning streak to five matches.
• Fitzgerald and Jewett have won 32-of-39 games in their last four doubles matches.
• With the win, Fitzgerald moved into a tie for first place in EC history for career doubles wins (39).
• Bliss earned her first win of the 2017-18 season and first since the 2017 spring season.

 
Up Next
Elmira returns to action this Friday, September 29, when the Soaring Eagles flock to Oneonta, New York, to take on the Hawks of Hartwick College. The Empire 8 Conference contest is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.