Women's Tennis Defeats Purchase St. 8-1
Posted: Sep 26, 2015

Women's Tennis Defeats Purchase St. 8-1

Team Stats
Doubles
Yavel, Emma / Fulton, Erika (PUR-WTN)
def. Merker, Shannon / McGrath, Kelley (SJCLI-WT)
8-5
Stanczak, Michelle / Makulik, Victoria (SJCLI-WT)
def. Pasquale, Catherine / Haldeman, Caroline (PUR-WTN)
8-5
Hesselbirg, Erika / Panicola, Victoria (SJCLI-WT)
def. Lavin, Maggie / Stepec, Nastaja (PUR-WTN)
8-1
Singles
Merker, Shannon (SJCLI-WT)
def. Yavel, Emma (PUR-WTN)
6-1, 7-6 (9-7)
Makulik, Victoria (SJCLI-WT)
def. Fulton, Erika (PUR-WTN)
0-6, 6-4, 10-4
McGrath, Kelley (SJCLI-WT)
def. Haldeman, Caroline (PUR-WTN)
6-1, 6-0
Hesselbirg, Erika (SJCLI-WT)
def. Pasquale, Catherine (PUR-WTN)
6-1, 6-2
Panicola, Victoria (SJCLI-WT)
def. Shadi, Nadia (PUR-WTN)
6-1, 6-0
Stanczak, Michelle (SJCLI-WT)
def. Youssef, Hannah (PUR-WTN)
6-1, 61-0

Written by Joshua Soto (SJC-LI Sports Information)

Patchogue, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) women's tennis team improved to 5-1 (1-1 Skyline) on the season after taking down Skyline Conference rival Purchase St. 8-1 on Saturday afternoon at home. For the Golden Eagles, it's their fifth win in a row, as Purchase slides to 4-3 on the season and 1-1 in conference play.

Erika Hesselbirg and Victoria Panicola took the first point for the Golden Eagles as they defeated Maggie Lavin and Nastaja Stepec 8-1. The tandem of Victoria Makulik and Michelle Stanczak were the victors in their match against Catherine Pasquale and Caroline Haldeman-Emmerling by the score of 8-5. The Panthers scored their only point of the game when Emma Yavel and Erika Fulton defeated Shannon Merker and Kelley McGrath.

In the singles matchups, Panicola defeated Nadia Shadi 6-1, 6-0, and Stanczak defeated Hannah Youssef 6-1, 6-1. Hesselbirg scored the fifth point for the Golden Eagles winning her match 6-1, 6-2. McGrath defeated Haldeman-Emmerling 6-1, 6-0.

Makulik dropped her first set 6-0, and was down 4-0 in the second set before rallying back to defeat Fulton 6-4. Makulik would take complete her impressive comeback victory winning the tie-breaker 10-3.

Merker took Yavel to a tiebreak as well, and claimed a 6-1, 7-6, 9-7 victory in the process.

The Golden Eagles are back on the court on Monday, September 28 when they take on Suffolk County Community College 5:00 PM at the Outdoor Field Complex.