Women's Tennis Upends New Rochelle, Picks Up Second Win of Season

HARRISON, N.Y. — Tathiana Pierre (Brooklyn, N.Y./Bishop Ford), Denise Trerotola (Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Saviour) and Princess Baptiste (Atlanta, Ga./Benjamin Banneker) each contributed a pair of points with victories in singles and doubles to lead the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's tennis team to a 6-3 victory over The College of New Rochelle in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday night. 

The Basics

• Final Score: St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) 6, New Rochelle 3
• Records: St. Joseph's (2-3), New Rochelle (0-4)
• Location: Harrison, N.Y.
• Courts: Lifetime Athletic Club

How It Happened

• Pierre and Trerotola blanked Nancy Varughese and Vindhiya Persaud at the top doubles position and Mary Edward and Princess Baptiste downed Samantha Gomez and Iyesoqie Aghahowa at No. 2 doubles.
• Brianna Vurckio and Katie Wenzler fought back from a 7-2 deficit at No. 3 doubles against Shirley Garcia and Marie Gomez, before dropping a hard-fought 9-7 decision and the Lady Bears held a 2-1 lead moving into singles.
• Trerotola and Baptiste both cruised in their singles matches, with 8-0 triumphs at No. 2 singles and No. 6 singles, respectively.
• Katie Wenzler played a great match at No. 4 singles—after playing all three of her previous matches at the No. 6 flight—and downed Garcia, 8-2.
• Pierre topped Varughese at the top singles position, 8-3, as SJC took four of the six singles flights.

For the Lady Bears

• Pierre and Baptiste both secured their first singles wins of the season.
• Trerotola collected her third singles win of the season
• Pierre and Trerotola improve to 3-2 at No. 1 doubles

The Bear Facts

• The victory snaps a three-match skid to their former HVIAC rivals
• New Rochelle holds a 6-5 edge in the all-time series

Next Up for St. Joseph's

The Lady Bears will continue a three-match non-conference stretch facing CUNYAC foe Lehman College on Saturday, October 3 at 2 p.m. in the Bronx.