SUNYAC WOMEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT 
Friday, Oct. 16, 2026 – Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026
Lane-Starke Tennis Center – Binghamton, NY

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE…
Friday, Oct. 16:
SEMIFINAL 1 – 1:00 pm: #1 OSWEGO LAKERS VS. #4 PLATTSBURGH CARDINALS 
SEMIFINAL 2 – 4:00 pm: #2 ONEONTA RED DRAGONS VS. #3 CORTLAND RED DRAGONS
Saturday, Oct. 17:
FINALS – 1:00 pm: SEMIFINAL 1 WINNER VS SEMIFINAL 2 WINNER

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SEMIFINAL MATCHUP… Third-seeded Cortland faces second-seeded Oneonta in the second semifinal of the SUNYAC Tournament on Friday afternoon, hosted at the Lane-Starke Tennis Center in Binghamton, NY. In Friday's other semifinal, top-seeded Oswego will face fourth-seeded Plattsburgh. 

Cortland enters the conference tournament with a 7-6 overall record (3-2 SUNYAC), while Oneonta sports an 8-1 record (4-1 SUNYAC).
 
Oneonta holds a 13-9 advantage in 22 previous meetings of the sides dating back to 2007, but Cortland has won three of the four matchups of the sides since the 2023-24 season. 

The teams are meeting in the SUNYAC tournament for just the third time in the past 15 seasons, with each team winning once in the previous two contests. Cortland earned a 5-1 win in 2011, while Oneonta claimed a 5-3 victory in the spring of 2023. 
 
Cortland has now qualified for the SUNYAC tournament in each of the past six seasons, and is in search of its eighth SUNYAC title overall, and first since 2005. 
 
Oneonta is looking for its second SUNYAC title all-time, after claiming its first conference championship in the spring of 2022. Oneonta has qualified for the SUNYAC Tournament in five of the past seven seasons. 

THE PATH FORWARD… The winners of Friday's semifinal matches will face off on Saturday afternoon in the championship match. 
 
As is the case in all other SUNYAC-sponsored sports, the winner of the conference championship tournament will receive an automatic berth into the NCAA Division III playoffs. The NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships are contested in the spring, with first-round matchups slated for May 14, 2027. 
 
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LAST TIME WE MET… Cortland suffered a 4-3 home setback against Oneonta in the most recent meeting of the teams on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
 
Reaghan Hughes (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) and Alexandra Thut (Poughquag/Arlington) finished off a 6-2 win at second doubles, but Oneonta's Dakota Jimenez and Ashley Glaviano earned a 6-3 victory over Anneli Adams (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and Emma Morley (Buchanan/Hendrick Hudson) at third doubles, and then Haley Peck and Annika Cripe secured the doubles point for the visitors with a 6-4 victory over Christina Massoni (West Babylon) and Gabriella Stanley (Buffalo/Niagara-Wheatfield) at first doubles. 
 
Oneonta closed out victories in two of the first three singles matches to finish to extend the lead to 3-1, with a 6-4, 6-4 win for Thut at fourth singles sandwiched by a 6-2, 6-4 win at fifth singles for Jimenez and a 7-5, 6-1 win for Cripe at second singles. 
 
However, Cortland responded with back-to-back victories to tie the match at 3-3, as Hughes registered a 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 win at third singles and Gracie Guiliano (Rome/Notre Dame) won 7-5, 7-5 at sixth singles.
 
In the deciding first singles contest, Peck took a tightly-contested first set by a score 7-6 with a 7-4 victory in the tiebreaker, and completed the match win with a 7-5 win in the second set. 
 
THE CORTLAND CAPSULE… After suffering a setback against Geneseo to begin the season, the Red Dragons posted four consecutive victories, including a trio of 7-0 shutout wins at Houghton, home against Farmingdale State, and at Utica. During the four-match winning streak, Massoni, Thut, and Guiliano all went 4-0 in their singles matches. 
 
Cortland then dropped a pair of tightly-contested SUNYAC matches at home to the top two seeds in the conference tournament, 5-2 to conference regular-season champion Oswego and 4-3 to Oneonta.
 
After a 4-3 loss in non-league action at Brockport, Cortland claimed a conference victory over Delhi by a 7-0 score. The Red Dragons fell at Alfred University in their next contest, and rebounded with another conference win by a 7-0 score at Fredonia. 
 
Cortland wrapped up its non-conference slate with a 4-3 loss against Nazareth, and then ended the SUNYAC regular season with a 5-2 victory on the road at Plattsburgh last weekend behind wins at first singles by Massoni, third singles by Hughes, fourth singles by Thut, and sixth singles by Guiliano. 
 
Cortland's second doubles duo of Alexandra Thut and Reaghan Hughes finished the regular season with a 9-4 record to lead the team, followed by an 8-5 record from Christina Massoni and Gabriella Stanley at first doubles. In doubles play overall, Cortland went 23-16 for the year. 
 
In singles action, the Red Dragons had a .636 winning percentage overall. Guiliano went 10-2 overall, including an 8-1 record at sixth singles. Massoni was stellar at first singles, finishing with a 10-3 record. Hughes was the lone Cortland player to win all five of her singles matches in SUNYAC play. The freshman is 9-4 overall at third singles. Alexandra Thut has a 6-3 record in singles matches, all at fourth singles. 
 
TEAMMATES IN DOUBLE FIGURES… Christina Massoni and Gracie Guiliano are the first Cortland teammates since Karlie Cubino and Emma Madigan in the 2022-23 season to both finish with 10 or more singles victories in a season. With Reaghan Hughes currently at nine singles wins, the Red Dragons could have three players reach double-digit victories for the first time since the 2011 season, when Loraine Jelinek, Alyssa Tretter, and Stephanie DiCapua did so. 
 
WINNING AS A TEAM… Cortland has posted a 49-28 record in singles for the year, and its .636 winning percentage is the highest for the Red Dragons since a 48-23 record (.694) in the 2022-23 season. 
 
IMPACT FRESHMAN… Reaghan Hughes' nine singles victories are the most wins in a season by a Cortland freshman since Abby Madigan won 10 matches as a freshman in the 2019-20 season. 
 
THREE SHUTOUTS IN A ROW… The Red Dragons posted three shutout victories in a row against Houghton, Farmingdale State, and Utica. This was the first time since the 2010 season where Cortland won three consecutive matches via shutout.  
 
SUNYAC WEEKLY WINNERS… The Red Dragons earned SUNYAC weekly awards two times during the regular season. Christina Massoni was selected as the SUNYAC Singles Athlete of the Week one time, and Massoni and Gabriella Stanley were selected as the SUNYAC Doubles Team of the Week once. 

THE COMPETITION… Second-seeded Oneonta earned victories over both Cortland and Plattsburgh during the regular season, but suffered a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Oswego in a winner-take-all for the conference regular-season title last weekend. Oneonta is back in the SUNYAC tournament this season after failing to qualify in each of the past two seasons.
 
Oneonta has a 38-15 record as a team during singles play for a winning percentage of .717 during the regular season. Three different players have at least six wins, with Haley Peck posting a 7-2 record at first singles to lead the team in victories, Annika Cripe going 6-1 at second singles, and Taylor Plue posting a 6-3 mark between second and third singles.   
 
Oneonta went 22-4 in doubles action for the year, and all 10 of Oneonta's doubles pairings to play a match finished with a winning record. Cripe and Peck combined for a 7-2 record at first singles and Plue teamed up with Kiersten Rufrano at second doubles eight times, earning seven victories as a duo. 

Top-seeded Oswego has a 10-2 overall record and went 5-0 in SUNYAC play to clinch the conference regular-season title. The Lakers are also riding a 10-match winning streak into the conference tournament, looking for their first SUNYAC title all-time. 
 
Six of Oswego's singles players recorded six or more victories during the regular season. Isabella Eason posted a 9-2 record, with seven wins coming at fourth singles. Leah Bell is 9-3 on the year, all at second singles. Avery Borman has an 8-4 record in the top flight, and Kate Hayes won six of her eight singles matches at fifth singles.  
 
Bell and Emily DeLuca went 9-2 at first doubles to lead Oswego throughout the year, while Aubrey Salati and Borman teamed up six times at third doubles and won all six of those matches. As a team, Oswego sports a .771 winning percentage in doubles, going 27-8 on the year. 

Plattsburgh is the fourth seed in the conference tournament for the third year in a row, and enters with a 9-5 overall record (2-3 SUNYAC). The Cardinals were defeated by each of the three other teams in the tournament during the regular season. Plattsburgh is playing for its first-ever conference title

As a team, Plattsburgh posted a 55-28 record in singles matches, for an overall winning percentage of .663. Ava Carey has a 10-2 record at second singles, including a 4-1 mark in conference play, while Jacklin Mitchell sports a 9-4 record at first singles. The only constant partnership on the doubles side for the Cardinals has by Carey and Mitchell at first doubles, who teamed up for a 7-3 record. Plattsburgh has had 14 other pairings play at least one match in doubles action for the year. 

SCHEDULES/RESULTS (click team to access online schedules)…

#3 CORTLAND RED DRAGONS: 7-6 (3-2 SUNYAC)
#2 ONEONTA RED DRAGONS: 8-1 (4-1 SUNYAC)

#1 OSWEGO LAKERS: 10-2 (5-0 SUNYAC)
#4 PLATTSBURGH CARDINALS: 9-5 (2-3 SUNYAC)