Albany, NY—The Sage Colleges' women's tennis team hosted the Cardinals of St. John Fisher College in an Empire 8 match on Saturday afternoon at the Albany Academy Tennis Facility. SJFC collected the 8-1 victory to improve to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Empire 8. The loss puts Sage at 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the league.
For Sage, the lone point came from the second doubles match as the tandem of juniors Julia Geisel (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa) and Rebecca Jackson (Saugerties, NY/John A. Coleman) collected an 8-4 win, upping the Gator duo's record to a perfect 7-0 with one another.
At fourth singles, SJCF's Mikayla Santulli picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win over Geisel, for the first loss of the year in singles play for Geisel. She is now 4-1 in singles action in her first year at Sage.
Sage is back in action on September 26 travelling to Bard College for a 4 p.m. road non-conference match-up. St. John Fisher College travels to Stevens for a Noon Empire 8 match on Sunday, September 23 in Hoboken, NJ.
Tennis Match Results
St. John Fisher vs The Sage Colleges
09/22/18 at Albany, NY
(Albany Academy)
St. John Fisher 8, The Sage Colleges 1
Singles competition
1. Kaili Saffran (FISHER-W) def. Abbey Clobridge (SAGEW) 6-2, 6-2
2. Cassidy Bell (FISHER-W) def. Rebecca Jackson (SAGEW) 6-2, 6-4
3. Caroline Seaberg (FISHER-W) def. Sadie Dunne (SAGEW) 2-6, 6-3 (10-4), 1-0
4. Mikayla Santulli (FISHER-W) def. Julia Geisel (SAGEW) 6-0, 6-2
5. A. Thongsirimonghoun (FISHER-W) def. Alison Trudo (SAGEW) 6-3, 6-2
6. Zuzanna Pociecha (FISHER-W) def. Molly Cochrane (SAGEW) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Cassidy Bell/Kaili Saffran (FISHER-W) def. Abbey Clobridge/Sadie Dunne (SAGEW) 8-4
2. Rebecca Jackson/Julia Geisel (SAGEW) def. Caroline Seaberg/Mikayla Santulli (FISHER-W) 8-4
3. Grace Peter/Jacqueline Chouinard (FISHER-W) def. Molly Cochrane/Alison Trudo (SAGEW) 8-5
Match Notes:
St. John Fisher 5-0, 3-0 E8
The Sage Colleges 4-3, 2-3 E8
T-3:00 A-25