ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Oneonta women's tennis team was bested in the Battle of the Hills by Hartwick, 7-0, Thursday afternoon in their season finale. During the day, the Red Dragons celebrated and recognized the career of
Danielle Copp (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) for Senior Day. Copp led the team this season with eight singles victories, six of which were on the No. 2 court, and seven doubles wins. She was paired up with sophomore
Haley Peck (West Point, N.Y./James I. O'Neil) for five wins on the No. 1 court and recorded a pair of wins with freshman
Annika Cripe (Islip, N.Y./Islip) on the No. 2 court.
Hartwick took all three doubles matches for the doubles point. Peck and freshman
Taylor Plue (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) were defeated on the No. 1 court, 6-2. The duo of Copp and Cripe, as well as the team of junior
Kelly Hayes (Lynbrook, N.Y./Lynbrook) and freshman
Jaila Killingbeck (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse), were tripped up on the No. 2 and No. 3 courts, 6-0, respectively.
Copp unfortunately fell in her final singles match on the No. 1 court to Alexandra Krasinska, 6-1, 6-1. After dropping her first set on the No. 2 court, Peck fought hard in the second set against Phoebe Olson, however Olson snuck out the win, 6-0, 7-5. Plue fell short on the No. 3 court against Samantha Lantzy, 6-0, 6-3, and Cripe was stumped on the No. 4 court by Lily Vanuga, 6-1, 6-2. Both Hayes and Killingbeck dropped their matches on the No. 5 and No. 6 courts 6-1, 6-0.
Oneonta finished the season 5-13 overall. Plue was second on the team with seven singles victories on court No. 3, and she was second with six wins in doubles play which included five on the No. 2 court. Peck was the top singles player for the Red Dragons and had five wins on the No. 1 singles court, while Cripe recorded five wins on the No. 4 singles court. Hayes tallied four singles victories between courts four and five. Peck, Cripe, and Hayes each had five wins in doubles matches. Peck won all five on the No. 1 court, while Hayes and Cripe won mainly on the No. 2 court.
