Pittsford, NY – Russell Sage College's women's tennis team traveled to Nazareth College on Sunday afternoon for an Empire 8 match. Nazareth posted the 8-1 victory to improve to 6-1 overall and remains perfect in the league at 5-0. RSC drops to 0-9 overall and 0-5 in the league.
RSC's rookie Maddie Cherry (Las Vegas, NV/Odyssey Charter) picked up a win at No. 1 singles as she beat Nazareth's Aliya Guzman, 6-3, 6-2. With the victory at No. 1 singles, she remains perfect this fall in singles play as she is now 8-0.
The Gators are back in action on October 9 for an Empire 8 match against St. John Fisher College which will take place at Utica College at 5 p.m. The Gators will honor their lone senior in conjunction with Senior Day, Taylor Gillespie (Cobleskill, NY/Cobleskill Richmondville).
Tennis Match Results Russell Sage vs Nazareth
10/03/21 at Nazareth College (Golisano Training Center)
Nazareth 8, Russell Sage 1
Singles competition
1. Maddie Cherry (RSC) def. Aliya Guzman (NAZARETH) 6-3, 6-2
2. Claire Pullen (NAZARETH) def. Taylor Gillespie (RSC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Lauren Carr (NAZARETH) def. Gwen Eichen (RSC) 6-0, 6-0
4. Lily Bulkeley (NAZARETH) def. Kenedy Cherry (RSC) 6-1, 7-5
5. Caroline Breitweiser (NAZARETH) def. Maria Inserra (RSC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Katelyn Spath (NAZARETH) def. Dudlie Salomon (RSC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Aliya Guzman/Claire Pullen (NAZARETH) def. Maddie Cherry/Taylor Gillespie (RSC) 8-3
2. Lauren Carr/Lily Bulkeley (NAZARETH) def. Gwen Eichen/Maria Inserra (RSC) 8-1
3. Gwen Burns/Theresa Hecht (NAZARETH) def. Kenedy Cherry/Jillian Goralewski (RSC) 8-1
Match Notes: Russell Sage 0-9, 0-5 E8 Nazareth 6-1, 5-0 E8
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