2008 Woodie Awards
Men and women's tennis fall in NEC quarterfinals
Mikaela Reynolds
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: Sports
The Sacred Heart tennis teams traveled to West Windsor, N.J. on Friday to participate in the quarterfinals of the Northeast Conference Championships.
The women's team was swept, 4-0, by Mount St. Mary, while the men's team fell just barely short, 4-3, of Robert Morris in the quarterfinals.
Entering the tournament in fourth-place, the men's team took on fifth-ranked Robert Morris. Sacred Heart lost 4-3.
"We definitely played well but no one played the correct players they should have," said freshman Kirill Kasyanov. "Cole was playing really well at number six, but in reality he was playing the Robert Morris number three. He was hitting the ball good but he shouldn't have been playing such a tough opponent at six."
Scoring in singles were freshmen Kasyanov and Chris Ujkic along with sophomore Jinal Shah. In doubles action, Ujkic paired up with freshman Michael Syer to find success.
"The team that would've given us the hardest and best competition would've been Fairleigh Dickinson. We should've have gotten the chance to play them in the semifinals," said Kasyanov, "but we got robbed."
A similar story tells the tale of the women's team, who began the tournament with a fourth-place rank, taking on fifth-ranked Mount St. Mary, whom took down Sacred Heart 4-0.
"NEC's this year was difficult because we went into the first round against a team we haven't yet played in Mount St. Mary's," said sophomore Lindsey Scierka. "We did our best to prepare based on what we knew about them from the past as well as their performance against other teams we're familiar with. But, when it came down to the match, we just didn't play at our maximum potential."
"Had we played as strong as we had in the past, Mount was definitely a team we could have won against," said Scierka. "The matches were close and we definitely had some chances to pull out a win, but in the end the scores just didn't fall in our favor."
Saturday proved to be more of a success for both teams. The men rolled over ninth-seeded Wagner 4-0, while the women dominated ninth-ranked Saint Francis (PA), also 4-0.
The women's team was swept, 4-0, by Mount St. Mary, while the men's team fell just barely short, 4-3, of Robert Morris in the quarterfinals.
Entering the tournament in fourth-place, the men's team took on fifth-ranked Robert Morris. Sacred Heart lost 4-3.
"We definitely played well but no one played the correct players they should have," said freshman Kirill Kasyanov. "Cole was playing really well at number six, but in reality he was playing the Robert Morris number three. He was hitting the ball good but he shouldn't have been playing such a tough opponent at six."
Scoring in singles were freshmen Kasyanov and Chris Ujkic along with sophomore Jinal Shah. In doubles action, Ujkic paired up with freshman Michael Syer to find success.
"The team that would've given us the hardest and best competition would've been Fairleigh Dickinson. We should've have gotten the chance to play them in the semifinals," said Kasyanov, "but we got robbed."
A similar story tells the tale of the women's team, who began the tournament with a fourth-place rank, taking on fifth-ranked Mount St. Mary, whom took down Sacred Heart 4-0.
"NEC's this year was difficult because we went into the first round against a team we haven't yet played in Mount St. Mary's," said sophomore Lindsey Scierka. "We did our best to prepare based on what we knew about them from the past as well as their performance against other teams we're familiar with. But, when it came down to the match, we just didn't play at our maximum potential."
"Had we played as strong as we had in the past, Mount was definitely a team we could have won against," said Scierka. "The matches were close and we definitely had some chances to pull out a win, but in the end the scores just didn't fall in our favor."
Saturday proved to be more of a success for both teams. The men rolled over ninth-seeded Wagner 4-0, while the women dominated ninth-ranked Saint Francis (PA), also 4-0.
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