2008 Woodie Awards
Women's tennis places fourth in NEC's
Gabrielle Castellana
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Sports
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The men and women's tennis teams at Sacred Heart competed in the Northeast conference championships this past weekend. The men finished eighth while the women finished fourth.
The women's team faced nine other teams and the men's team faced eight other teams. The defending champion for both men's and women's teams was Quinnipiac.
"The competition is good and the teams in the NEC conference are very good," said Matthew Cook, sophomore, Milford.
The women's team made it to the semifinals on the first day of the tournament. They seeded fourth and beat the fifth seed, Fairliegh Dickinson with a score of 4-2.
Ashley Amalfe, freshman, Clark, N.J., Julianne Kasinow, freshman, Wall, N.J., and Mandy Finkelstein, sophomore, Portland, all won their singles matches in the competition against Fairleigh Dickinson.
Kasinow and Amalfe then teamed up in doubles and won with a score of 8-4. Finkelstein and Jessica Schnell, junior, Schenectady, N.Y. also teamed up to get doubles points when facing FDU.
On the men's team, Chris McDonnell, senior, Naugatuck, Kevin Guidicipietro, senior, Mountainside, N.J., Cook, and Jason Farhadi, junior, Sauderstown, R.I., all won their singles matches on this first day of competition as well.
Guidicipietro and Cook teamed up for doubles along with Farhadi and Kevin Pustelniak, freshman, Stockholm, N.J. who also played doubles together. Sacred Heart won both of these matches.
The men's team beat out St. Francis, but lost to Fairleigh Dickinson who is the top seed team in their division with a score of 5-0.
"We had a tough season. It was a rebuilding year for us but we kept our heads up and didn't let it bother us. Playing the number one seed in the first round is a challenge but there have been upsets before," said Mark Maleri, junior, Seymour.
"It was a pretty good tournament for all three matches considering how tough this season has been for all of us so far. We won our play-in match convincingly over the 9 seed, St. Francis, 4-1. We ended up losing 4-0 to FDU but as a team I felt our effort was much better and it showed in a few of the matches," said Farhadi.
The women's team faced nine other teams and the men's team faced eight other teams. The defending champion for both men's and women's teams was Quinnipiac.
"The competition is good and the teams in the NEC conference are very good," said Matthew Cook, sophomore, Milford.
The women's team made it to the semifinals on the first day of the tournament. They seeded fourth and beat the fifth seed, Fairliegh Dickinson with a score of 4-2.
Ashley Amalfe, freshman, Clark, N.J., Julianne Kasinow, freshman, Wall, N.J., and Mandy Finkelstein, sophomore, Portland, all won their singles matches in the competition against Fairleigh Dickinson.
Kasinow and Amalfe then teamed up in doubles and won with a score of 8-4. Finkelstein and Jessica Schnell, junior, Schenectady, N.Y. also teamed up to get doubles points when facing FDU.
On the men's team, Chris McDonnell, senior, Naugatuck, Kevin Guidicipietro, senior, Mountainside, N.J., Cook, and Jason Farhadi, junior, Sauderstown, R.I., all won their singles matches on this first day of competition as well.
Guidicipietro and Cook teamed up for doubles along with Farhadi and Kevin Pustelniak, freshman, Stockholm, N.J. who also played doubles together. Sacred Heart won both of these matches.
The men's team beat out St. Francis, but lost to Fairleigh Dickinson who is the top seed team in their division with a score of 5-0.
"We had a tough season. It was a rebuilding year for us but we kept our heads up and didn't let it bother us. Playing the number one seed in the first round is a challenge but there have been upsets before," said Mark Maleri, junior, Seymour.
"It was a pretty good tournament for all three matches considering how tough this season has been for all of us so far. We won our play-in match convincingly over the 9 seed, St. Francis, 4-1. We ended up losing 4-0 to FDU but as a team I felt our effort was much better and it showed in a few of the matches," said Farhadi.
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