Posted: Oct 12, 2015

Women's Tennis Drops Match Against Farmingdale 8-1

Team Stats

Farmingdale State

St. Joseph's (L.I.)

Score

Doubles

Signore, Priscilla / Rai, Qurat-ul-ain (FSCW)
def. Merker, Shannon / McGrath, Kelley (SJCLI-WT)

8-4

Makulik, Victoria / Stanczak, Michelle (SJCLI-WT)
def. Rosamilia, Tatiana / Fredericks, Michelle (FSCW)

8-2

Liguori, Denise / Schrader, Madison (FSCW)
def. Wehrli, Rita / Panicola, Victoria (SJCLI-WT)

8-4

Singles

Signore, Priscilla (FSCW)
def. Merker, Shannon (SJCLI-WT)

6-0, 6-2

Rosamilia, Tatiana (FSCW)
def. Makulik, Victoria (SJCLI-WT)

6-2, 6-2

Fredericks, Michelle (FSCW)
def. McGrath, Kelley (SJCLI-WT)

6-4, 7-6 (7-3)

Rai, Qurat-ul-ain (FSCW)
def. Wehrli, Rita (SJCLI-WT)

6-2, 6-2

Liguori, Denise (FSCW)
def. Hesselbirg, Erika (SJCLI-WT)

6-4, 6-0

Schrader, Madison (FSCW)
def. Panicola, Victoria (SJCLI-WT)

7-6 (7-2), 6-2

Patchogue, NY| The St. Joseph's College (L.I.) women's tennis team suffered its first home loss of the 2015 season on Monday, dropping an 8-1 to the defending Skyline Conference champion Farmingdale State at the Outdoor Field Complex.

Victoria Makulik and Michelle Stanczak won the only point for the Golden Eagles, picking up an 8-2 decision over Michelle Fredericks and Tatiana Rosamilia.

Farmingdale's Denise Liguori and Madison Schrader defeated Victoria Panicola and Rita Wehrli 8-4, and Shannon Merker and Kelley McGrath were edged out Priscilla Signore and Qurat-ul-ain Ral to earn the second doubles point.

From there, the Rams locked up the match with six singles wins.

Merker dropped the first match 0-6, 2-6, and Wherli was upended by 2-6, 2-6.

Erika Hesselbirg lost to Liguori 4-6, 0-6, while Makulik lost to Rosamilia 2-6, 2-6.

Panicola continued her strong singles run for SJC, by pushing Schrader to her limit before falling 6-7, 2-7, 2-6. McGrath loss came via a tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-7 (3-7).

The Golden Eagles wraps-up its five-match homestand on Tuesday, when it plays host to St. Joseph's- Brooklyn at 6PM at the Outdoor Field Complex.