CORTLAND, NY – The Cortland women's tennis team suffered a 4-3 setback against Oneonta in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action on Saturday afternoon at the Varsity Tennis Courts. Cortland falls to 4-3 overall, 0-2 in the league, while Oneonta remains perfect with a 6-0 overall record and a 2-0 league mark.
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.
Cortland will return to action next weekend with a non-conference contest at home against Brockport on Saturday afternoon.
