Women's Tennis Concludes Season at HVWAC Tournament

FLUSHING, NY – The St. Joseph's College women's tennis team took fourth place at the season-ending Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Tournament on Saturday, Novmeber 12th at the United States National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY.

The talk of the tournament was the upset at number two singles. St. Joseph's Kelly McNamee (Glendale, NY/Mary Louis) took down Sarah Lawrence's Kayla Pincus in a heart-racing 8-6 match to advance to the finals. Pincus was 4-3 on the season at #2 singles, including a win over St. Joseph's in the regular season. McNamee went on to lose in the finals to Rachel Caires of Pratt 8-2, but her win in the semi-finals was the upset of the tournament.

Caitlyn Kakavas (Bayside, NY/St. Agnes) and Danielle Marino (Maspeth, NY/Mary Louis) both posted quarterfinal wins at fourth and fifth singles respectively. It was Kakavas' third win of the season and first at #4 singles. For Marino, it marked her fourth consecutive victory before dropping her semifinals match in the next round.

Regular season champions Pratt Institute captured the tournament championship, winning five of the nine flight championships.  Sarah Lawrence was the tournament runner-up in the five team field.

Following the tournament, McNamee and Kristin Bauman were named to the HVWAC All-Conference team and coach Andres Escalante was named the conference Coach of the Year.