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Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Weekly Report - September 24

Player of the Week
 
Lien Collings, Farmingdale State
Senior
; Merrick, N.Y./JFK
 
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Collings (above) won her top-flight doubles match (along with Natalia Furchel), 6-4, before registering a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles in the Rams' 7-0 Skyline shutout over St. Joseph's-Long Island … On the season, the senior is now 5-2 in top-flight singles play (winner in four of her last five), and 6-1 in doubles action (victorious in four straight) … The Rams have now won three of their last four matches.

Co-Rookie of the Week

Josephine Jackson, Sarah Lawrence
Freshman; Allentown, Pa./Emmaus

 
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Jackson (above) continued to shine for SLC, winning two of her three singles matches on the week and earning a doubles win against Mount Saint Mary with teammate Neomi Spellman in the first flight … The first year from Allentown has jumped right into the top two flights of both singles and doubles for the Gryphons and has been a strong contributor in every match, including this past week.

Adrianna Filippelli, Manhattanville
Freshman; Mastic, N.Y./William Floyd

 
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Filippelli (above) logged five wins in the Valiants' three-match week, highlighted by a 3-0 mark in singles play … She picked up a 6-3, 6-3 No. 3 Singles win in the team's week-opening match against Baruch … A day later, Filippelli earned a 6-3 No. 1 doubles win with Amaya Ortiz and a 6-2, 6-0 No. 3 Singles win in the Valiants' match with Lehman … She then earned another top flight duos win with Ortiz, blanking Yeshiva's top pairing 6-0, before earning a 7-5, 6-1 singles win in No. 3s to earn Manhattanville a win in its conference opener.

Honor Roll

Manhattanville sophomore Addison-Mercedes Ortiz was perfect in the Valiants' three matches, helping Manhattanville go 3-0; she notched a 6-3 No. 2 Doubles win with Suzi Doyle ahead of a 6-3, 6-1 No. 4 Singles win against Baruch and then partnered with Doyle for a 6-1 No. 2 Doubles victory before earning a 6-0, 6-0 sweep in 4s Singles against Lehman before closing the week in the team's conference opener against Yeshiva, logging a 6-1 No. 2 Doubles win with Doyle and a 6-4, 6-0 No. 4 singles win … Purchase senior Olivia Menchell enjoyed a 3-1 week overall, while leading the Panthers to wins over John Jay and Hunter; against John Jay, she won No.1 doubles, 6-1, while cruising in No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-0 and against Hunter, she won No. 1 doubles, 6-3, before dropping No. 2 singles after withdrawing with an injury … Yeshiva senior Sarah Grunseid picked up three singles wins versus Purchase (6-2, 4-6, 6-3), Sarah Lawrence (6-0, 6-1) and Manhattanville (7-6, 6-4), along with three doubles wins, all by the score of 6-1.
 
Previous Weekly Winners

Player of the Week
 
September 10 - Amelia Perlmutter, Purchase
September 17 - MacKenzie Gisler, Farmingdale State
 
Rookie of the Week
 
September 10 - Josey Jackson, Sarah Lawrence
September 17 - Amaya Ortiz, Manhattanville