For Immediate Release: October 11, 2004

Contact: Megan Cross, SUNYAC Publicist

Cortland Claims SUNYAC Tennis Championship
Red Dragons Earn Second Consecutive Tile

The Cortland Red Dragons claimed the 2004 State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Tennis Championship held this weekend at the Eastside Racquet Club in Manlius, NY. The Red Dragons swept all three doubles titles and took four of the six singles flights on the way to winning their second consecutive championship.

Cortland's Laurie Dorscheid (Fairport/Fairport) successfully defended her first singles championship with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Oneonta's Libby Kent (Binghamton/Binghamton). Oneonta's Nicole Lindell (East Greenbush/Columbia) won the second singles crown beating Geneseo's Krissy Feikert (N. Syracuse/Cicero-N. Syracuse) to give Oneonta its lone title. Andrea TerBush (Liberty/Liberty) also defended her championship in the third singles flight. TerBush defeated New Paltz's Alexandra Goldberg (Scarsdale/Scarsdale) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Cortland's Ashley Abar (Champlain/Northeastern Clinton) defeated Geneseo's Nicole King (Scottsville/Caribou, ME) 6-1, 6-2 to earn the fourth singles crown. Cortland's Meredith McCaslin (Babylon/Babylon) won the fifth singles flight defeating New Paltz's Jennifer Larson (Port Jervis/Port Jervis) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 to earn Cortland's fourth singles crown. In number six singles, New Paltz's Amanda Rosario (Bronx/St. Jean Baptist) earned the Hawks only singles crown defeating Geneseo's Lauren Eichenauer (Rush Henrietta/Rush Henrietta) 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-0.

The Red Dragons rolled through doubles play winning all three flights. In number one doubles, Dorscheid and Amanda Husson (Middletown/Middletown) won their second consecutive title defeating New Paltz's Kerry Farrell (Rockville Center/South Side) and Eri Yamakawa (Eastchester/Eastchester) 6-1, 6-2 in the finals. McCaslin and TerBush earned the second doubles title with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Goldberg and Larson of New Paltz. Abar and Jen Hemedinger (Binghamton/Chenango Forks) won the third doubles flight with a 6-4, 6-1 win over New Paltz's Sara Goldstein (Merrick/Calhoun) and Laura Thomas (Hyde Park/Franklin D. Roosevelt).

For the second time in the last three years, New Paltz's Head Coach, Rob Bruley, was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year. Bruley helped take the Hawks to their third consecutive top-two finish at the SUNYAC Championship. His squad went 7-2 this fall and will play in next week's New York State Women's Collegiate Athletic Association Championship for the second straight year.

2004 Final Standings

1	Cortland	32
2	New Paltz	23
3	Geneseo	22
4	Oneonta	13
5	Plattsburgh	8
(t)6	Brockport	4
(t)6	Fredonia	4
8	Potsdam	2
9	Oswego	0

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