BROCKPORT, N.Y. - Cortland took an early 1-0 lead after doubles play, but host Brockport won four of the six singles matches and the Golden Eagles nipped the Red Dragons, 4-3, in non-league women's tennis action.
Cortland (4-4) returns to action with a SUNYAC match at Delhi on Wednesday.
Cortland won two of three doubles matches to earn the first team point.
Gabriella Stanley (Buffalo/Niagara-Wheatfield) and
Christina Massoni (West Babylon) were 6-2 winners at first doubles, and
Reaghan Hughes (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) and
Alexandra Thut (Poughquag/Arlington) won 7-5 at second doubles. Brockport's Gianna Masker and Kathleen Rogers edged
Anneli Adams (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and
Emma Morley (Buchanan/Hendrick Hudson) at third doubles, 6-4.
Cortland's singles victories came on the top two flights. Massoni won 6-1, 6-4 at first singles, while Stanley won a three-set marathon over Leah Banes at second singles, 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (10-8).
Brockport (4-4), however, won the third through sixth flights. Mackenzie King beat Hughes in the tightest of those decisions at third singles, claiming a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 victory. Samantha Basovsky won 6-1, 6-4 over Adams at number four, Masker was a 6-3, 6-4 winner versus
Gracie Guiliano (Rome/Notre Dame) at number five, and Katie Tabor won 6-3, 6-2 versus Morley at number six.
