Championship Central
Results
PURCHASE, N.Y. | The second-seeded Farmingdale State College women's tennis team defeated No. 1 Manhattanville University, 4-2, in the Skyline Conference Championship Final today, capturing its eighth-ever title.
FSC’s Amanda Jones (pictured below with Skyline Associate Commissioner Bobby Ciafardini) clinched the match with a 7-5 win in the third set at No. 3 singles, and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament.
-Photos: Manhattanville Sports Information
Farmingdale State (12-5) was first on the board, capturing the doubles point with wins in the first and third matches. Jones and fellow all-conference second-team selection, Natalia Furchel , opened with a 6-1 win over the Valiants' Amaya Ortiz and Adrianna Filipelli in the top-flight position.
After Manhattanville (12-2) claimed the second doubles match, 6-3, FSC’s MacKenzie Gisler and Mikayla DeMaria sealed the doubles point with a hard-fought 7-5 win over Sara King and Maria Gutierrez.
In singles play, Farmingdale State Gabriella Loria quickly extended the Rams lead with a 6-0, 6-2 win in fifth singles, moving her record to 15-1 this fall.
Manhattanville's Suzi Doyle cut the deficit to 2-1 with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at second singles, but the Rams regained a two-point lead when DeMaria took the sixth match, 6-2, 6-2.
Filippelli kept the Valiants alive with a come-from-behind, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win in the fourth position, narrowing the match to 3-2 and setting the stage for Jones' heroics.
In her match, Jones won the first set 6-0, but dropped the second, 6-3. In a tense third set, she led 4-3 before the score reached, 5-5. Jones then captured the final two games to win the set, 7-5, and secure the championship for Farmingdale State. For Jones, the decision upped her singles record to 9-5 in 2024.
With the victory, Farmingdale State has earned the Skyline Conference's automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship, which will take place this May.
-Courtesy of Farmingdale State Sports Information