Gators Face SJFU in First Round of E8 Championship Tournament on Tuesday
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women's Tennis plays Saint John Fisher in the first round of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Women's Tennis plays Saint John Fisher in the first round of the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
2024 Empire 8 Conference Women's Tennis Championship Tournament First Round: SJFU (Five Seed) at Gators (Four Seed)
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | 3:00 PM | Utica University
#4 RSC Gators (7-5/5-3 E8): Roster| Stats
#5 SJFU (4-6/4-4 E8): Roster| Schedule
RSC Tennis in the E8 Championship Tournament: This will be the Gators third appearance in the E8 Championship Tournament. RSC also qualified in 2019 and Spring 2021.
Gator Bites: RSC, under the direction of Head Coach Michael Branche, qualified for the E8 Championship Tournament for the third time in program history…The Gators established a program record with its five E8 Conference wins this autumn…RSC got off to a 6-1 start, its best in a season since 2019…The Gators went 9-1 to begin that fall and finished 10-4… The 2017 and 2019 teams both had four Conference victories…This year's roster is made up of six newcomers and seven returnees on this year's roster…Junior Tirzah Spivey (Clifton Park, NY/Schenectady), a two-time All-Empire 8 Conference singles selection, Emma Nuzzi (Glenville, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), a grad student, and senior Emma Vander Baan (Barre, MA/Quabbin Regional) headlined the returning players…Spivey finished 5-1 at first singles in league play last season… She will enter the postseason with a 12-0 singles record…Freshman Marian Aguirre (Plano, TX/Plano) was selected the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week for the periods ending Sunday, September 8 and Sunday, September 15…The rookie started her collegiate career by going 8-0 across singles and doubles, including a 24-3 singles ledger…She heads into the postseason with a 22-2 overall record, 11-0 in number one singles…Aguirre is 132-13 in singles matches, 84-8 in Conference contests…Freshmen Olivia Monaco (Campbell Hall, NY/Washingtonville) and Aguirre were chosen the Conference's Doubles Team of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 22…The duo went 2-0 playing number two doubles that week, winning their two matches by a combined score of 16-4…The first-years started their debut doubles campaign 9-0 overall, 8-0 at number two doubles,… Spivey and Nuzzi were chosen the E8 Doubles Team of the Week for the period ending Sunday, September 29…The top doubles pairing defeated Saint John Fisher 8-1 on Saturday, September 28…Spivey was tabbed the E8 Player of the Week for the period ending Sunday, October 6…She went 3-0 in singles that week, including defeating the reigning E8 Player of the Year from Hartwick on October 4.
Up Next: The winner of Tuesday's contest faces top-seeded Hartwick in Friday's Semifinal, held either at RPI or Latham's Tri-City Fitness.
