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Posted: Sep 19, 2017

Women’s Tennis Upends New Rochelle to Notch First Win for Coach Gil

Women’s Tennis Upends New Rochelle to Notch First Win for Coach Gil
Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
Trerotola, Denise / Velez, Valentina (SJCBK)
def. Chloe Wang / Ja'Shay Davis (CNR)
8-1
Oumie Jobarteh / Jhosalie Danseco (CNR)
def. No player / No player (SJCBK)
FINAL - FORFEIT
Andrea Cochran / Elisha Lester (CNR)
def. Garcia, Jennifer / Benitez, Isabella (SJCBK)
8-5
Singles
Trerotola, Denise (SJCBK)
def. Chloe Wang (CNR)
6-0, 6-0
Ja'Shay Davis (CNR)
def. Velez, Valentina (SJCBK)
6-1, 6-3
Alva, Daniella (SJCBK)
def. Oumie Jobarteh (CNR)
6-0, 6-0
Jhosalie Danseco (CNR)
def. No player (SJCBK)
FINAL - FORFEIT
Tamia Lester (CNR)
def. Garcia, Jennifer (SJCBK)
6-4, 6-0
Benitez, Isabella (SJCBK)
def. Cindy Valencia (CNR)
6-1, 6-0

FLUSHING, N.Y. — Junior Denise Trerotola (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Saviour), senior Kathryn Brucas (Richmond Hill, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) and sophomore Daniella Alva (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Kearney) each secured wins in singles and doubles to lead the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) to a 6-3 victory over The College of New Rochelle on Tuesday evening in their home opener at the USTA National Tennis Center.

The Basics

  • Final Score: St. Joseph's 6, New Rochelle 3
  • Records: St. Joseph's (1-1), New Rochelle (0-2)
  • Location: Flushing, N.Y. — USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

SJC Highlights

  • Denise Trerotola and Valentina Velez Valencia cruised in the top doubles match, 8-1, and Kathryn Brucas and Daniella Alva followed shortly with an 8-2 triumph the No. 2 position to give the Bears a 2-1 lead headed into singles.
  • Trerotola and Alva both posted double-bagel, 6-0, 6-0, victories in the No. 1 and No. 3 singles matches, respectively.
  • Freshman Isabella Benitez (New York, N.Y./Manhattan Bridges) secured her first collegiate win with a comfortable 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles.
  • Brucas remained undefeated on the evening winning 6-1, 6-2 in the No. 4 flight.

The Bear Facts

  • The Bears creep out to a 7-6 lead in the all-time series, winning their third straight encounter.
  • Notching her 12th career singles victory, Trerotola moves into a tie for second all-time in the Bears record book.

Next up for the Bears

  • A non-conference road matchup with Kings County rivals Brooklyn College on Tuesday, September 26 starting at 4 p.m. at the Roosevelt Tennis Courts.