Women’s Tennis Routs Daemen, Improves to 4-1

October 14, 2012

Freshman Hailey Roth won her singles and doubles matches to lead the Keuka women's tennis team to an 8-1 home win over Daemen College on Saturday (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

Freshman Hailey Roth won her singles and doubles matches to lead the Keuka women's tennis team to an 8-1 home win over Daemen College on Saturday (photo courtesy of Ed Webber, Keuka College Sports Information Department).

Keuka College’s women’s tennis team concluded the fall portion of the 2012-13 season with a convincing, 8-1 home win over Daemen College Saturday afternoon.

The Storm (4-1) went 5-1 in singles play and swept all three doubles matches to win for the second straight match while improving to 3-0 at home.

Two members of the Green and Gold: junior Sarah Schneider (Rushville, NY/Marcus Whitman) and freshman Hailey Roth (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima) picked up both singles and doubles wins against Daemen.

Roth and junior Emily Knapsack (Montgomery, Pa./Montgomery) picked up an 8-3 win at first doubles, while Roth picked up a 6-2, 6-1 win at second singles for Keuka.

Schneider earned a 7-5, 6-2 win at third singles and teamed with sophomore Danielle Delgatto (Naples, NY/Naples) for a 9-8 (8-6) win at second doubles.

In the rest of Saturday’s action: senior Kara Dewitt (Syracuse, NY/Bishop Grimes) won 6-2, 6-0 at fourth singles while both freshman Heidi Van Buskirk (Auburn, NY/Auburn) and sophomore Nikita Wilkins (Bloomfield, NY/Bloomfield) posted 6-0, 6-0 wins at fifth and sixth singles, respectively, for Keuka.

Sophomore Savannah Fuller (Philadelphia, NY/Indian River) and junior Chelsea Craine (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) picked up an 8-0 win at third doubles to complete the sweep of doubles matches for the Storm.

The Green and Gold returns to action on April 5, 2013 with a road match against North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) rival Lancaster Bible College.

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