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Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Weekly Report - October 11

Player of the Week
 
Lien Collings, Farmingdale State
Junior; Merrick, N.Y./JFK

 
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Lien Collings (above), Farmingdale State’s top-flight singles and doubles player, went 2-0 in both areas during the Rams' pair of victories on the week, moving their winning streak to six in the process … At William Paterson, Collings teamed with Mackenzie Gisler for an 8-2 doubles triumph before garnering a singles point with identical 6-2 sets against the Pioneers ... In Skyline action at Mount Saint Mary, she then earned an 8-3 top-flight doubles win with Gisler, and picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win in the top singles slot against the Knights … This is her second player of the week award this fall.
 
Rookie of the Week

Natalia Furchel, Farmingdale State
Freshman; Manorville, N.Y./Eastport South Manor

 
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Furchel (above) is now 7-2 in doubles competition and 6-3 in singles play in her debut season … She helped the Rams move their winning streak to six matches in a row with a pair of road victories on the week in which Furchel was undefeated … At William Paterson, she collected an 8-0 shutout with Amanda Jones at No. 2 doubles before earning a straight-sets victory at No. 2 singles by matching 6-1 scores ... She then teamed with Jones again at Mount Saint Mary for another 8-0 victory in the second doubles flight, while defeating the Knights' No. 2 singles player by scores of 6-0 and 6-1 … This is her second rookie of the week nod this fall.

Honor Roll

St. Joseph’s-Long Island senior Madison DiPalo finished with a win at No. 5 singles (6-3, 6-1) in a non-conference match with Pratt … Manhattanville senior Bea Pretnar collected another two wins as she partnered with Keto Karkashadze for an 8-4 No. 1 doubles win against Mount Saint Mary and then went on to defeat MSMC's Carly Green 6-1, 6-0 in No. 1 singles in the 9-0 Valiant victory … Purchase senior Elaina Coppola, playing back-to-back Skyline matches (Oct. 4-5), earned a 6-1, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-0 wins at No. 4 singles against Sarah Lawrence and Mount Saint Mary, respectively; she also went 1-1 at No. 1 doubles with scores 5-8 and 8-1 … Manhattanville freshman Addison-Mercedes Ortiz represented the Valiants in the top two flights in their 9-0 victory over Mount Saint Mary as she partnered with classmate Suzi Doyle in an 8-0 blanking of Bianca Ayala Santana and Olivia Lynch in No. 2 doubles and then took to No. 2 singles action against Victoria Valencia later in the day, recording a 6-0, 6-0 shutout.

Previous Weekly Winners

Player of the Week

September 6 - Lien Collings, Farmingdale State
September 12 - Simi Rao, Sarah Lawrence
September 19 - Bea Pretnar, Manhattanville
September 27 - Natalia Furchel, Farmingdale State; MacKenzie Gisler, Farmingdale State
October 3 - Bea Pretnar, Manhattanville

Rookie of the Week

September 6 - Natalia Furchel, Farmingdale State
September 12 - Allison Goodyear, St. Joseph’s-Long Island
September 19 - Angelina Mainiero, Mount Saint Mary
September 27 - Suzi Doyle, Manhattanville
October 3 - Addison-Mercedes Ortiz, Manhattanville