
QU Women's Tennis Travels to Binghamton
2/15/2018 12:34:00 PM | Women's Tennis
QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY BOBCATS (3-3, 2-0 MAAC) AT
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY BEARCATS (1-3, 0-0 America East)
Date: Saturday, Feb 17, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Binghamton Tennis Center - Vestal, New York
VESTAL, New York - The Quinnipiac women's tennis team hits the road this weekend looking to return to above .500 when they travel to Vestal, New York to take on the Binghamton Bearcats at 5:00 PM on Saturday February 17, 2018.
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BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY BEARCATS (1-3, 0-0 America East)
Date: Saturday, Feb 17, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Binghamton Tennis Center - Vestal, New York
VESTAL, New York - The Quinnipiac women's tennis team hits the road this weekend looking to return to above .500 when they travel to Vestal, New York to take on the Binghamton Bearcats at 5:00 PM on Saturday February 17, 2018.
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- Quinnipiac women's tennis team was a unanimous decision as the favorite to win the 2017-18 MAAC Championships.
- Proyfon Lohaphaisan (Santa Clarita, California) shined for the Bobcats with two victories against the Fordham Rams two weeks ago.
- Lohaphaisan had a win in each singles and doubles play. The California native struck for a 6-7(2), 6-3, 11-9 in No. 6 Singles.
- Lohaphaisan also struck for a victory in No. 2 Doubles while paired with Scarlett Blydenburgh (Chatham, New Jersey)
- Lohaphaisan is currently tied with Jennifer Lu (Cypress, California) for the team lead in singles victories with nine.
- Lu also competed in the 2017 Oracle/ ITA Masters at the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, California.
- Early in the 2017-18 season, Lu won two-straight consolation brackets in A singles at the Stony Brook and Quinnipiac Invitationals.
- Layla Rodriguez (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) is 8-5 on the year, good for second place on the team.
- Lu and Rodriguez participated in the Hofstra Invitational.
- The duo combined for three wins over the weekend, including two wins in the Doubles A bracket to advance to the Finals.
- One of their victories came over including a victory over Fordham's Carina Ma and Estelle Wong, 7-6 (8-3). Ma and Wong were undefeated to start the 2017-18 season until being defeated by Lu and Rodriguez.
- The Bobcats dominated their first two MAAC matchup of the year, beating the Rider Broncs, 7-0 and Saint Peter's, 7-0.
- Three-time MAAC Coach of the Year, Paula Miller, announced Lohaphaisan and Amy Zammarieh (Trumbull, Connecticut) as the captains of the Quinnipiac women's tennis team for 2018.
- Zammarieh is 3-5 on the season.
- Payton Bradley (Downingtown, Pennsylvania) is 6-8 overall and the freshman obtained two victories in her first MAAC matchup of the year. She also is 2-2 in doubles competition with Dominique Vasile (Bingham Farms, Michigan).
- The duo also made an appearance at the ITA Regionals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Vasile picked up a victory over Khan (TU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 at the ITA Regionals.
- Vasile is now 5-4 on the season.
- Vasile picked up three victories to win the B Singles Consolation bracket at the Army West Point Invitational, defeating Michal Matson from Seton Hall, 8-2, in the championship.
- Stephanie Yanosov (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) scored a 6-2, 6-0 victory in singles play against Rider in one of the Bobcats' first two MAAC matchups of the year.
- Yanosov is 2-3 in her freshman-year campaign.
- Rounding out the freshman, Courtney Nash (Andover, Massachusetts) delivered a perfect 6-0, 6-0 victory in singles play and is 7-4 on the season.
- Nash is currently tied for second on the team in singles wins.
- Quinnipiac has won the last four MAAC Championships since joining the league in the 2013-14 season. The Bobcats have still never lost a MAAC match, going a combined 40-0 in the last four years in both the regular season and postseason.
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