April 27, 2021
Oneonta, NY – The battle of the Red Dragons in women's tennis took place on the Heissan Tennis Courts in Oneonta today with SUNY Oneonta overwhelming the Cortland team with a shutout 9-0. It was the second day in a row that Oneonta Women's Tennis had a shutout against a SUNYAC foe.
Doubles had a different look today. The number one team of junior
Olivia Fraser (Queensbury/Queensbury) and senior
Mya Lipscomb (Peekskill/Walter Panas) had little trouble with dominant serves and net play as they shutout their opponents 8-0. On the second flight the pair of junior
Madeline Carswell (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) and freshman
Sophia Schutte (Great Neck/Great Neck) had little pushback from Cortland and they won 8-1. In the third position junior
Rebecca Macdonald (Brooklyn/Leon M. Goldstein) and senior
Gianna Papini (Hewlett/George W. Hewlett) closed out the foes also with a shutout 8-0. Oneonta lost only one-game in the doubles stanza and with that a commanding 3-0 lead moving into singles play.
In singles Fraser playing in the top spot again today got into a tough match with her Cortland opponent having to hit lots of groundstrokes to finally oust her stubborn foe with a score of 6-2, 6-2. In the second tier Lipscomb completed her outstanding day with a commanding 6-1, 6-0 win. Schutte started in the third position as she secured a straight set win only losing three-games total on route to a 6-2, 6-1 win. Carswell also went onto a straight set win with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph playing number four this afternoon. In the fifth spot freshman
Jayden Carrillo (Yorktown/Yorktown) matched her teammates going onto a straight set victory clinching the singles contest 6-1, 6-3. Finally, Macdonald made it a clean sweep for Oneonta as she double bageled her opponent playing number six singles 6-0, 6-0.
Two noteworthy pieces of news was
Mya Lipscomb (Peekskill/Walter Panas) and
Gianna Papini (Hewlett/George W. Hewlett) playing their last home matches as seniors and both produced important victories on senior day.
Junior
Brianna Harmon (Endicott/Union Endicott) had a great win playing in the exhibition seventh position and produced an impressive 6-0, 6-0 win.
The win moves Oneonta to 3-1 on the verge of clinching a playoff spot. However, they will have to contend with the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons again with a match scheduled for Thursday, April 29
th @ 3 PM on the campus of SUNY Cortland.