Box Score Queens, NY - The Red Dragon women's tennis team went on week night trip down to New York on Tuesday, September 12^th and this time defeated the Skyline Conference leaders The Yeshiva Maccabees for their third shutout in a row 9-0.

The Red Dragons have opened their season on quite a tear not having dropped a single set thus far or losing any individual match.  The Maccabees were 3-0 before last night's match but took their first defeat of the season from the Red Dragons.  The Maccabees were without their two top players so the Red Dragons also sat their top players in singles competition but the Red Dragon onslaught was still too much to handle.

Doubles was a dominant affair for Oneonta as the number one tandem of junior Alyssa Brault (Rochester/Churchville-Chili) and freshman Julileta Eulau dropped only two games cruising to an 8-2 triumph.  The number two flighted team was senior Samantha Felice (Seneca Falls/Mynderse Academy) and freshman Mya Lipscomb (Peekskill/Walter Panas) and they too had no trouble dismantling their foes 8-1 and the third pair of senior Danielle Swierczyna (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) and freshman Emma Messenger (Marlboro/Marlboro) matched the successes of their teammates and dropped their opponents 8-2.

A commanding 3-0 lead for the SUNY Oneonta Women allowed them the luxury to tweak their singles lineup that saw junior Michelle Halpern (Rye Brook/Blind Brook) play out of her usual number three position and held down the top spot winning 6-4, 6-2.  Lipscomb playing in the number two spot today also was dominant winning 6-2, 6-0.  Felice also had no trouble and was dominant in her 6-1, 6-0 triumph.  Messenger had an easy time also winning 6-1, 6-0.  Swierczyna was relentless and did not let up as she scored a shutout 6-0, 6-0 victory playing in the number five spot.  Freshman Gianna Papini (Helwett/George W. Hewlett) was successful in her official Red Dragon debut making her first appearance in the lineup scoring a 6-0, 6-0 impressive shutout win in the sixth position.

The Red Dragons head back on the road and take on SUNY Oswego in Oswego to try and make it four in wins in a row on Saturday, September 16^th beginning at 11 AM.