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Women’s Tennis Holds Off Elmira
October 11, 2012
Junior Emily Knapsack won at first singles and first doubles, as the Keuka College women's tennis team defeated Elmira College 5-4 Thursday afternoon (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).
The Keuka College women’s team won four of the six singles matches to lift the Green and Gold to a 5-4 win over Elmira College Thursday afternoon at Keuka.
Junior Emily Knapsack (Montgomery, Pa./Montgomery) rallied from one set down at first singles, dropping the first set, 1-6, before rebounding with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Amy Schmidt as the Storm (3-1) went 4-2 in singles play and 1-2 in doubles action.
Freshman Hailey Roth (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima) swept Melanie Walker, 6-0, 6-3 at second singles, junior Sarah Schneider (Rushville, NY/Marcus Whitman) recorded a 7-5, 6-0 win over Kayla Fitzgerald at third singles while sophomore Nikita Wilkins (Bloomfield, NY/Bloomfield) posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Eva Bouchard at sixth singles for Keuka.
In doubles action, Knapsack and Roth picked up an 8-0 win over Schmidt and Walker at first doubles, but Schneider and sophomore Danielle Delgatto (Naples, NY/Naples) dropped an 8-2 decision at second doubles and sophomore Savannah Fuller (Philadelphia, NY/Indian River) and junior Chelsea Craine (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) fell 8-3 at third doubles.
Elmira falls to 5-6 on the year.
The Storm returns to action with a 1 p.m. non-conference clash with Daemen College on Saturday, Oct. 13, the final match of the fall portion of the schedule.
