PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Cortland women's tennis team secured the third seed in next weekend's four-team SUNYAC tournament with a 5-2 dual victory at Plattsburgh.
Cortland wraps up the regular season 7-6 overall and 3-2 in the conference. Plattsburgh is 9-5 overall and 2-3 in the league. Cortland, as the third seed, will face second-seeded Oneonta in the SUNYAC semifinals Friday at 4 p.m. at the Lane-Starke Tennis Center in Binghamton. Plattsburgh, the fourth seed, will play top-seeded Oswego Friday at 1 p.m., and the two semifinal winners will meet Saturday at 1 p.m. in the finals. The champion will earn an automatic berth into next spring's NCAA Division III tournament.
Cortland won all three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.
Christina Massoni (West Babylon) and
Gabriella Stanley (Buffalo/Niagara-Wheatfield) won 6-2 at first doubles, followed by
Anneli Adams (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and
Gracie Guiliano (Rome/Notre Dame) winning 6-3 at third doubles.
Reaghan Hughes (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) and
Alexandra Thut (Poughquag/Arlington) earned a 7-5 win over Marena Tubo and Carmen Marino at third doubles.
The Red Dragons clinched the victory with wins in the first three completed singles matches. Hughes won 6-1, 6-0 at third singles and Thut won 6-0, 7-5 on the fourth flight. Massoni won the clinching match, rallying for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Jacklin Mitchell at first singles.
Plattsburgh's points came via a 6-3, 7-6 (tiebreaker not reported) win by Tubo over Adams at number five and a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win by Ava Carey over Stanley at number two. Guiliano closed out the day with a 7-5, 7-5 win at sixth singles versus Abigail Macdougal.
