HAMILTON — The women's tennis team hosted a successful home invitational, competing across two days of play against Le Moyne, Siena, and Niagara. They played a hidden-dual format for the invite, where they competed against each team in both singles and doubles matches.
COACH PROHASKA'S COMMENTS
"It was a fun weekend with a great level of competition. We were very pleased with our mentality and energy in doubles throughout. We're building confidence and creating some great habits in this area of our game, and have done so in a short period of time. Truly a testament to this group's work ethic. We had opportunities in singles play over the course of the weekend that I know we would like back. Certainly some things we will look at closely over the coming weeks, but overall a solid weekend. A huge thank you to all of our families and friends who came from all over the country to support us!"
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Raiders opened up play on Saturday morning with doubles matches, where senior captain Amelia Galin and junior Sophia Montero continued their strong fall with a 7-6 (7-3) win at line one against Siena. Junior Gigi Bohan and first-year Caroline Brown teamed up to take down Niagara 7-5, and junior Sasha Herman and first-year Vivian Hall defeated Niagara as well, by a score of 6-2. Bohan and Brown continued their success in the next round, defeating another Niagara team 6-3. Junior Avery Isaac and sophomore Rebecca Hess won 6-2 at line two as well.
Singles action followed Saturday afternoon, with the Raiders taking on Le Moyne. Hess picked up a solid 6-1, 6-4 victory at line three, and Hall won 2-6, 6-3, (10-3) in comeback fashion at line six. Isaac also picked up a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Niagara.
The Raiders finished up play on Sunday, where Galin and Montero picked up another win against Le Moyne at line one doubles. The dominant duo of Bohan and Brown picked up their third win of the weekend against Le Moyne, capping off their undefeated doubles weekend winning 6-3. Brown also tacked on one more thrilling singles victory, beating Niagara 3-6, 6-0, (10-7). To close the invite out, Galin, sophomore Anya Kunar, and Isaac all defeated Siena in straight sets in singles action.
The Raiders return to action on Thursday, Oct. 10, where they will compete at the Regional ITA Tournament at Harvard in Cambridge, Mass.
