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(04/22/09 4:00pm)
The men's and women's tennis teams had productive weeks this past week. The teams had three big wins between them, two of which belonged to the women's team against Haverford College on April 16, and New York University on April 18. The men's team posted a victory in their only match of the week, defeating Haverford College on April 16. The women's team improved to a 14-3 record on the season, and the men's team is now 10-2 overall.
With the Lions' 8-1 victory Thursday against Haverford, the College moved to a No. 23 national ranking and No. 7 regional ranking. The loss brought the Haverford Fords to an even 6-6 record on the season.
The women's team continued to play well in doubles. Junior Jackie Shtemberg and freshman partner Christie Pollin won a fairly easy first doubles matchup against Haverford's sophomore Katie Wettick and junior Karen Lavi 8-3. Second doubles junior Sarah Roser and freshman teammate Felice Trinh were winners by a score of 8-2 against sophomore Katherine Drooyan and sophomore Helen Fisun. Finishing doubles for the Lions were junior Tamra Wroblesky and freshman Emily Petersack, who won their match 8-3.
Singles competition proved just as strong for the Lions, with the College winning five of their six matches. Shtemberg led the way for her team, winning her match 6-0, 6-3. Senior Haley Kutner and juniors Stefanie Haar, Tamra Wroblesky and Sarah Roser all came out victorious on the day.
The women's team faced NYU at home on Saturday. The College came away with an impressive 7-2 win over a tough team. Kutner and Wroblesky shut out their opponents 8-0. The tandems of Sarah Roser and Christie Pollin, as well as Shtemberg and Haar, both won their doubles matches. The College also played well in singles competition. Shtemberg, Haar and senior Lindsay Katzel all came out strong on the day with victories. Tamra Wroblesky fought in a tough matchup against NYU's sophomore Lena-Sophie Krups but eventually lost 7-6, 7-4, 7-5 (10-6).
The men's tennis team picked up their fourth consecutive victory in Pa. against a very tough Fords team. With the strong performance, the men are now regionally ranked No. 10. Haverford is now 11-2 and regionally ranked eighth.
Doubles competition was flawless on the day, as all three teams played well. Junior Captain Jeremy Eckardt along with freshman sensation Edgar Shanoyan won, despite a hard effort from their opponents, 9-7 in first doubles. Freshmen Dan Lee and Bill Carrig won an even closer matchup against freshman Will Garrett and senior Marc Rudolph 9-8 (7-5). Freshman Steve Fernandez, and sophomore Jonathan Yu also were winners.
Jeremy Eckardt defeated senior Alex Buxbaum easily in first singles 6-3, 6-1. Edgar Shanoyan also played strongly in a tough match winning 6-1, 0-6, 7-6, 7-3.
Both tennis teams compete April 22 against Stevens Institute of Technology at home.
(04/08/09 4:00pm)
The men's and women's tennis teams both had a bittersweet taste in their mouths this week after their trip to Massachusetts.
Both of the teams came away with one win and one loss. The women competed on Friday and Saturday against Babson College and Wellesley College, respectively, while the men faced off on Friday against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Saturday against Babson.
For the women's team, the match against Babson was their 11th win of the season. It was also the Lion's second consecutive shutout. Because of harsh weather outside, the match was forced indoors. Highlighting the victory was a win by the Lion's junior Jackie Shtemberg and freshman Felice Trinh in their doubles match against Babson's No. 1 team of Heather Walsh and Courtney Farrell by a score of 8-5. Additionally, junior Stefanie Haar and senior Haley Kutner won their doubles match 8-5 against Babson's junior Liz Sheerin and Rebecca Stone.
The next day, the Lions went up against No. 19 ranked Wellesley. The 6-3 defeat was a tough one to swallow for the Lions due to the significance of the match.
"Today was one of the biggest matches of the season and while the loss was disappointing, we have to move on from it and focus on the rest of the season," Kutner said.
Singles competition played tough all day as three of the six competitors won their matches. Shtemberg won her matches 6-2, 6-1. Haar and senior Lindsay Katzel also won their singles matches.
It was in doubles competition where the Lions really suffered the most. All three tandems the College put out were defeated. Junior Tamra Wroblesky and partner freshman Christie Pollin fell 8-4 to Wellesley's Mohona Siddique and Jacqueline Shen. Haar and Kutner also lost their doubles match 9-8, 7-2. The Lions' powerful tandem of Shtemberg and Trinh also fell 8-6. "Trinh and I played a tough doubles match but we just need to keep on working on understanding each other's strengths and making the most of them," Shtemberg said.
Although a loss is disappointing, the Lions walked away with a few promising notes.
"All the matches we lost were very close and could have gone the other way if we won a few extra points. Therefore as nationals get closer, this match just reaffirms the fact that we have the ability to pull a huge upset," Kutner said.
The men's team saw their five- game win streak come to an abrupt halt when they ran into a very tough MIT team. The 6-3 loss put the College at a 6-2 mark on the season.
Freshman Edgar Shanoyan continued his impressive season with another victory over MIT's Peden Nichols 6-2, 7-5. Dan Lee also won his singles competition 6-2, 4-6 (10-5). Those were the bright spots for the College's singles competitors. Teammates junior Jeremy Eckardt and freshman Stewart Fernandez successfully won their match 8-6.
It did not take long for the Lions to bounce back with a victory the next day against Babson, 6-3. Like the women's game, the match was moved indoors because of inclement weather. The Lion's looked dominant in their victory with Eckardt, sophomore Jonathan Yu, Fernandez and Shanoyan winning their singles matches.
The Lions swept the board in doubles competition. Dan Lee and Bill Carrig played a back-and-forth game against Justin Albert and Moises Numa, but came away with the 8-6 victory.
"I think our team will come back strong, especially since we did beat Babson right after MIT. We can't win them all," Fernandez said.
(04/01/09 4:00pm)
The men's and women's tennis teams pitched dual shutouts over the weekend, with the men blasting Hobart College 9-0 while the women's team downed William Smith College by the same score on March 28. It was the fifth straight victory for the male Lions, while the women's squad improved to 10-2 on the year.
"We didn't know what to expect to see today. We had played some of the girls at the Regional Tournament but had never had a dual match with them," freshman Christie Pollin said.
Pollin, who was pulled from her singles match due to illness, won in her No. 2 doubles match with junior Tamra Wroblesky by a score of 8-3.
Junior Jackie Shtemberg continued what has already been an impressive start to the season with a victory over William Smith's sophomore Melissa Slack by a score of 6-2, 6-2. The win brought the junior to a strong 6-1 mark in singles play this year. Junior Stefanie Haar, who won her match 6-3, 6-3, and Haley Kutner won a back-and-forth match by a score of 6-2, 4-6 (10-2). Singles victories also came for freshman Felice Trinh, senior Lindsay Katzel and Wroblesky.
"We came out strong in doubles which always give us the advantage going into singles and from there on we just dominated," junior Sarah Roser said.
Domination in doubles is exactly what took place.
The excellent combination of Shtemberg and Trihn continued growing as a team with an 8-4 victory. The tandem of Haley Kutner and Stefanie Haar maintained the Lions' push, winning their match against Joanie Hilton and Carly Sisson 8-1.
"We were expecting to play hard as we always do and try to come out with a win, which we did," Pollin said.
The men's team was equally impressive, blanking Hobart College to improve their record to 6-1.
"I don't really know what to say," freshman Dan Lee said. "We beat them pretty badly."
Junior Jeremy Eckardt and rookie partner Stewart Fernandez won their doubles match against Kevin Kent and Harry King 8-2. The improving team of sophomore captain Jon Yu and Fernandez won their doubles match by a score of 8-1, and freshman Bill Carrig and Lee won their match in a closer fashion with an 8-6 victory.
"We won against a team that has improved a lot from last year, so I have to say as a team we are really on a roll," Yu said after the team's win.
Rookie Edgar Shanoyan, who is slowly turning into one of the team's premier players, notched a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Hobart's Mike Kofman. The win brought Shanoyan's personal record to 7-0 for the Lions. Lee also won his singles match with a 6-2, 6-0 score. The Lion's Eckardt, Fernandez and Yu all won their respective matches.
"I'm sure that (the victory) will carry us into next weekend when we have really big matches against MIT and Babson," Yu said.
The men's team will play again on Friday, at MIT and Saturday against Babson both in Michigan. The women also will be on their way to Michigan to face Babson on Friday, and Wellesley on Saturday.
The men's team had a scheduled match against Muhlenberg College on March 26, but it was canceled due to rain. No makeup date has been rescheduled yet.
(03/18/09 4:00pm)
The women's tennis team's Spring Break journey to the Sunshine State started off gloomy after a pair of losses, but an 8-1 trouncing of St. Mary's College helped the Lions salvage the Orlando trip as they continue to gear up for May's National Championships.
Not wanting to let losing become a familiar trend, the Lions came out with a mission to win the March 12 contest. That mission was accomplished, as the victory lifted the Lions to a 9-2 mark on the year. Junior captain Jackie Shtemberg and freshman Felice Trinh bounced back strongly after the Lions' two-game skid with an 8-1 doubles win. Freshman Christie Pollin and partner junior co-captain Tamra Wroblesky also recorded an 8-1 doubles victory. Senior tandem Haley Kutner and Lindsay Katzel added the third doubles point with their 8-2 victory.
Shtemberg also won her singles match in straight sets 6-0, 6-3, as the Lions claimed all but one of their singles matches on the afternoon. The Lions' only singles loss came from Stefanie Haar who fell to St. Mary's Camille Gebert 6-1, 6-4. With strong performances this year, both Katzel and Kutner are 12-4 on the year and 10-1 in dual action.
The Lions hit a wall against Division-II Flagler College on March 10, losing their first match of the season 6-3. Shtemberg bested Flagler's Chelsi de Cuba 6-2 in a match between both team's top singles players, but de Cuba retired with the second set knotted at 5-5. Shtemberg and Trinh won in doubles' action again by a score of 9-7. The victory brought the pair off to a quick 4-0 start this year. Unfortunately, the Lions went winless in singles play. Junior Haar lost a rough match 6-0, 6-1. Kutner put up the best fight, despite losing to Flagler's Chelsea Taylor 6-1, 6-7, (11-9, tiebreaker). Trinh, Katzel and Pollin all were beaten.
The combination of Haar and Kutner were victorious as they defeated Jennifer Saviano and Deon Miller 9-7. Teammates Pollin and Wroblesky lost 8-6.
The loss hit the team hard and they looked to rebound strongly against the next day's opponent Coe University. Despite a better effort, the squad dropped its second straight decision.
Losses came in singles' matches for Shtemberg, Haar, Trinh and Pollin. For Shtemberg it was her first loss of the season. If that wasn't bad enough, she and teammate Trinh also lost their first doubles match of the year by a score of 8-2. Bright spots did come from the day as Kutner won her singles match 6-1, 6-3.
Before their trip to Florida, the Lions toppled the Ithaca College Bombers in a March 6 tune-up match. The College was absolutely dominant in singles competition with the exception of Haar's back- and-forth loss to Ithaca's Agata Kubik 2-6, 6-4, 10-8. Shtemberg played well to give herself an effortless victory against Devra Reiman 6-0, 6-1. And if that wasn't impressive enough, teammate Pollin did that much better by shutting out her opponent Alyssa Jaffe 6-0, 6-0. The College's Wroblesky and Kutner both won their singles matches easily.
The powerful tandem of Shtemberg and Trihn gave the College a victory over Ithaca's Natalie Jenereski and Kubik 8-2. The Lions' Haar and Kutner also defeated their opposition of Melanie Cohen and Melissa Nunez by a score of 8-3. Wroblesky and Pollin won their match by way of a shutout defeating Ithaca's Reiman and Jaffe 8-0.
The Lions will have some time to regroup and rest before they host William Smith College on March 28 at 10 a.m.
(03/18/09 4:00pm)
For most, Spring Break serves as a time to travel and take it easy. Although the men's tennis team took a trip to Orlando, they made sure taking it easy was not on their list of things to do. With three impressive victories, the team improved their record to 5-1. The team is currently ranked No. 29 in Division III play and is well on their way to proving themselves as a team to be reckoned with as the season progresses.
The team's week began with an absolutely dominating performance in the sunshine state on March 10, scoring a 9-0 victory against Wabash College. Each player showed improvement in his game, especially Junior co-captain Jeremy Eckardt, who won his singles match against Jay Horrey 6-1, 6-1. Eckardt also won his doubles match with freshman partner Stewart Fernandez against Wabash's duo of Horrey and Sean Clerget 8-3. The win improved Eckardt's career record to 77-30.
Sophomore co-captain Jonathan Yu won his match against Zach Lowry 6-2, 6-4. Yu also won his doubles match with rookie partner Steve Fernandez by a score of 8-2. The freshman duo of Dan Lee and Edgar Shanoyan also recorded victories against Wabash's Evan Bayless and Peter Gunderman respectively.
The Lions couldn't enjoy the thrill of victory for too long, as the very next day the College had another match against Christopher Newport University. Fatigue was not an issue though as the College won 6-3 improving their record to 4-1. Although the victory did not come as easily as the day before, the team showed grit and perseverance throughout the match.
Yu won his singles match against Dusty Nelson by a score of 6-4, 6-4. Yu also played well in his doubles match with teammate Steve Fernandez as they beat CNU's tandem of Lorenzo Sison and Thomas Whaling 8-6. The College's Shanoyan, Lee and Steve Fernandez also prevailed in their singles matches. Lions' freshman Bill Carrig teamed with Lee for a victory in doubles 8-5. Eckardt and Stewart Fernandez showed exhaustion from the day before as both fell in their singles match.
The third and final match on the trip came against Vassar on March 12. The Lions wrapped up their trip with a flashy 8-1 victory. It was the College's fifth win in their last six matches. The College is currently ranked No. 10 regionally after the victory.
Eckardt got back on track with a victory in his singles match against Vassar's Mike Mattelson 7-6, 6-4. Yu and Steve Fernandez contributed the victory with both winning their singles matches, both in two sets. Stewart Fernandez continued to play poorly with a loss in singles to Vassar's Max Willner 6-2, 6-2.
The College showed its muscle in doubles' competition with three impressive victories. Teammates Eckardt and Stewart Fernandez won their match 8-3 against Vassar's Mike Mattelson and Greg Katz. Yu and Steve Fernandez defeated Max Willner and Pete Ludlow 8-6. The third doubles match pitted Lee and Carrig against Vassar's Jeremy Rosen and Joshua Jasso, and the Lions pulled out the win 8-5.
The rookie Shanoyan continued to raise eyebrows with another victory in singles competition against Jeremy Rosen 6-1, 6-4. The win improved Shanoyan's career record to 6-0 for the Lions as the young stud keeps rolling.
(03/04/09 5:00pm)
Both of the College tennis teams headed into this week with big games on their schedules. The men had to face New York University (NYU) on Feb. 28 and Skidmore on March 1, while the women competed on March 1 against Skidmore.
The men were pushed to the wall against NYU, but pulled out the back and forth match. Every player knew coming into the match that it would be a good indicator of how they would play, considering it was their first dual match of the season. The 5-4 victory put the College at a 1-0 record.
In the singles matches, the College pulled even with NYU with three victories apiece. Jeremy Eckardt won his match against NYU's Pat Whitner 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-3. Edgar Shanoyan defeated NYU's Eugene Tsarevskly 6-2, 6-4. The College's Stewart Fernandez, Jonathan Yu and Steven Fernandez all lost their matches against NYU's Craig Berger, Calvin Chou and Jason Sacher, respectively.
In doubles, Eckardt and Stewart Fernandez won their match 8-5. Also winning their match for the College was Bill Carrig and Dan Lee who won 8-4. Yu and Steven Fernandez continued their poor day with a defeat to NYU's Berger and Calvin 8-5.
Coming into the match, Dan Lee said he wanted his team to show heart against NYU.
"I expect us to beat NYU, or at least play them very tight," Lee said. "The match is extremely important because it has some weight on our chances of qualifying for NCAA Nationals later this spring."
With the match tied 5-5, Lee scored the decisive winning point with his win against Alex Stoler, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-0. With a young team consisting of five starting freshmen, the team will surely look for leadership coming not only from on the court, but also off.
The Lions didn't, however, play as strongly as they would have liked to when they played Skidmore. The men's team fell to a score of 6-3. The Lions played well in singles winning three of six matches won by Eckardt, Shanoyan and Lee. It was doubles that killed the Lions as all three matches were won by Skidmore.
Eckardt and Stewart Fernandez lost their match by a score of 8-4, and Yu and Steven Fernandez lost 8-5. The bleeding didn't stop there, as Carrig and Lee fought hard but lost 9-8. The Lions are still seeded seventh in the Northeast Region despite the loss and are now 1-1.
The College's women tennis team is currently ranked 27th in Division III, but after a quick 7-0 start to the season, perhaps a reseeding is in order.
"This weekend should be a good test to see where our team is in respect to some of the top teams in the nation," junior Sarah Roser said prior to the match.
Going into the game, the girls knew they would be pushed against Skidmore who is ranked at 24th in Division III.
"Skidmore is an extremely important match for us for qualifying for nationals and in terms of ranking," junior Jackie Shtemberg said.
The women proved they were going to make a strong push this season to prove to other teams in the Northeast Region that they are contenders.
Although the victory was a total collaborative team effort, the day belonged to Shtemberg. She won her first singles match against Danika Robinson by a score of 3-6, 6-7, 7-2. Later on, Shtemberg picked up her 100th career victory with a 8-5 win in her doubles match with teammate Felice Trihn.
Haley Kutner defeated Laura Attley in her singles match with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.Lindsay Katzel picked up an easy victory with a 7-5, 6-3 win. Felice Trihn fell to Skidmore's Allie Burns 3-6,6-2, 4-4 with a medical default. Also Christie Pollin fell to defeat in her singles match 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Tamra Wroblesky and Pollin picked up a victory in their doubles match against Loeb and Francher with a score of 8-6.
Both teams play Ithaca College on March 6 at home where they both look to improve their play as the season progresses.
(02/25/09 12:00pm)
New York City has always been a baseball city come summertime. Whether you're hopping on the subway or grabbing a bag of nuts on the street, you're always somewhere near a pinstriped jersey or a blue-and-orange baseball cap. With all due respect to the Knicks and the Rangers, the Mets and Yankees own New York. They always have and they always will.
Last season, New York took a considerable blow to the heart with both teams missing the playoffs for the first time since 1994. When October came, baseball fans were forced to rake the leaves and clean their gutters, because their best excuse didn't exist this year. A cold fall chilled our hearts for the past five months, but luckily, this is New York and losing isn't acceptable here.
Both the Mets and Yankees had matching records last season of 89-73. While both were predicted to compete in the playoffs, neither did. With that, the two teams set out on missions this past offseason to make their teams the best in the game.
Any Mets fan could tell you last year the main reason they didn't win was because of an underachieving bullpen. The team had a total of 29 blown saves for the year. The closer for most of the season, Billy Wagner had just 27 saves before going down for the season with an injury. So Omar Minaya, the Mets General Manager, went out and bought the all-time single-season saves leader Francisco Rodriguez, who will close out games for the Mets for the next three years with his new $37 million contract.
The dark horse for the Mets this year is reliever J.J. Putz who will pitch the eighth inning in front of Rodriguez. Putz was acquired in a three-team trade over the offseason, and quite possibly has the best stuff on the staff. 2008 was a limited year for him due to an injury, but if Putz can replicate any of his 2007 season of 40 saves and a 1.38 ERA, the Mets may just have the best backend of the bullpen in the National League.
Returning for the Mets after being re-signed are pitchers John Maine who went 10-8, Oliver Perez and first baseman Carlos Delgado off of his big year with 38 homeruns and 115 RBIs.
Every Yankee fan last season pretty much knew when they watched Sidney Ponson and Carl Pavano pitch in August with the season on the line, that it was pretty much over. Also, with 20-game winner Mike Mussina leaving the team for retirement, there were going to be big holes to fill.
So Brian Cashman, Yankees General Manager, decided to give the team a slight makeover, a $423.5 million makeover.
Most of the money was split between three very highly coveted free agents: starting pitchers C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett and first baseman Mark Teixeira. All three had big years in 2008 and will surely be under a lot of pressure to stand by their big contracts. Burnett was signed for five years and $82.5 million and Sabathia for seven years and $161 million. Both were deserving of their contracts after going a combined 35-20 in 474.1 innings. That's a nice upgrade from the combined 12-7 Ponson and Pavano went in 2008.
Mark Teixeira, who replaces the disappointing Jason Giambi, might be the biggest asset out of the three. Teixeira is slated to hit third in the lineup, in front of slugger Alex Rodriguez. When word came out that the team had signed Teixeira, fans salivated at the thoughts of having such a powerful tandem in the lineup that they haven't seen since Ruth and Gehrig.
Still, with the new additions to the team, the fate rests on the shoulders of young second baseman Robinson Cano. After a dismal year, the youngster needs to repeat his 2006 year in which he hit .341.Without a strong presence from the bottom of the order such as Cano's, the Yankees may find themselves a little short this season in the juggernaut that is the American League East.
Clearly, the effort by both team offices has been put out in order to get back to the promised land that we saw in 2000 with the Subway World Series. With both teams heading into brand new stadiums this season, motivation should be through the roof. If these two teams have the same pride most New Yorkers do, they'll avenge their collapses of last year and spare us from raking our leaves again come October.
(02/18/09 5:00pm)
The Lions' basketball team is still rolling with two very impressive victories this week, against both Rutgers University-Camden and Rowan University. The Lions knew the importance of this week with Kean University with the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament looming ahead. If this week was any indication of how the Lions plan to play the rest of way, they should get prepared for an NJAC Championship.
The team's week started off with an impressive defeat of an unmatched Rutgers-Camden team, 67-33. A game that started off tight early became nothing more than a laughing match for the College's powerful team. Alyssa Michella sparked the Lions with 15 points to lead the game.
"Heading into the end of the season, every game is extremely important to us. Not only do we want to improve our record for the playoffs and tournament, but this is our last opportunity to play together as a group," Michella said after the game.
Freshman forward Kelsey Kutch, who went into the game knowing the upcoming week would prove as a statement to upcoming teams, added 12 points and three steals. "If we didn't make a statement, then Rowan and Kean wouldn't fear us. I feel that the NJAC should know we were picked to win the conference for a reason, and we did just that with the win," Kutch said.
Also adding 10 points apiece were seniors Hillary Klimowicz and Lisa Koch. The big win improved the team to a 19-4 record overall and a 9-2 record in the NJAC.
Perhaps even more impressive than that thumping was the collaborative team effort to overcome the biggest halftime deficit at home all year. Luckily for the College, they did just that on Saturday afternoon with a game against Rowan University that was much closer than the score portrayed. The Lions improved to 20-4 for the year and 10-2 in the NJAC with their 67-53 victory over Rowan. Everything looked good for the Lions in the beginning as they held Rowan scoreless for the first 3:42 of the first half. It looked as though defense would loom largely in this game with an assortment of turnovers by both teams. With tiring defense and a poor shooting performance in the first half by the College, the teams found themselves in an unfamiliar spot at halftime in a 32-20 hole.
"We pretty much realized that we had not shot the ball so badly all season and stemmed away from our usual game plans a little bit," Klimowicz said. "When coach came in she pretty much reiterated what we had already discussed. Right before going back out into the court we brought in our huddle real tight and just took a second to look around and remember why we play and how there are only a few games left with each other."
Klimowicz had 10 points against the Profs.
Clearly halftime served as a place for the Lions to regroup and prepare to come out strong in the second half. Led by sharp shooting sophomore Keri Washington who had a career-high 15 points, the Lions came out on fire with a 12-1 run in the first five minutes of the second-half. After the Lions brought themselves to within one point, it became a game of back-and-forth lead changes.
Rowan had no answer for junior center Alexandra Gregorek, who scored 11 points off the bench with many easy lay-ups in the second half. Kutch also scored 10 points in the game. In the last five minutes of the game, the College started to pull away. Despite giving up the ball 20 times, the Lions forced 26 turnovers in the victory over Rowan. This lockdown was a major tribute to the tough defense the team played in the second half, outscoring Rowan 47-19.
The game also had sentimental meaning to head coach Dawn Henderson, who won at least 20 games in a season for the seventh time in her career.
The next game for the Lions will be against Kean University today at 6 p.m. Three days later, the team will begin its quest to move through the NJAC tournament.