NEWBURGH, N.Y. – The Manhattanville University women's tennis team continued running roughshod through the Skyline Conference on Saturday with a 6-1 victory at Mount Saint Mary. The Valiants now sit 6-1 overall and 5-0 in conference play to enter the final week of the regular season.
The Valiants swept the three doubles flights, with
Maria Gutierrez (Norwalk, Conn./Brien McMahon) and
Chloe Green () being the first winners in the No. 3 flight against Grace Christie and Evelyn Warner, 6-2.
Jenifer Lalman (Schenectady, N.Y./Schenectady) and
Addison Ortiz (Bronx, N.Y./High School for Health Professions and Human Services) posted a matching score in their No. 2s win over Chloe Graham and Megan Mann before
Amaya Ortiz (Bronx, N.Y./High School for Health Professions and Human Services) and
Adrianna Filippelli (Mastic, N.Y./William Floyd) won on the show court over Sydney Sladicka and Autumn Strobach, 6-4.
Manhattanville clinched the win with victories in the first three singles flights that concluded, starting with Gutierrez' 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Christie on Court No. 5.
Addison Ortiz (Bronx, N.Y./High School for Health Professions and Human Services) handled Mann 6-1, 6-0 in No. 4s play, while Lalman nabbed the deciding fourth point with her 6-0, 6-2 No. 3s win over Graham.
The Knights captured the No. 1s win as Filippelli was bested by Sladicka, 1-6, 4-6. Manhattanville ended the day with victories in the remaining two flights, with
Amaya Ortiz (Bronx, N.Y./High School for Health Professions and Human Services) defeating Strobach 6-2, 6-1 in No. 2s ahead of
Kenarah Jean-Louis (Brooklyn, N.Y./John Dewey) winning her on-court debut 6-4, 6-2 in No. 6 play over Warner.
Up Next
The Valiants open the final week of the regular season on Wednesday against Saint Joseph's Long Island at 4 p.m.
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