Results

Utica, NY (Sept. 15, 2012) - The Utica College women's tennis team lost its third consecutive contest of the season on Saturday as it dropped a home match against Empire 8 Conference for Elmira College, 8-1.  Jennifer Persio (Cheshire, CT/Tilton ) and Rose Zaloom (Utica, NY/T.R. Proctor) teamed up in second doubles to earn the Pioneers' lone point of the afternoon.  Persio and Zaloom topped the Soaring Eagles' Stephanie Tock and Kayla Fitzgerald by the score of 8-5. 

Persio also put up a good fight in third singles, but lost to Stephanie Tock 7-5, 5-7, 10-7.  UC's Melanie Guzman (Augosta, ME/Cony ) won the first set in first singles, 7-5, but Elmira's Melanie Walker came back with two straight 6-1, 6-1 set victories to take the match. 

Guzman teamed up with Heather Brisson (Azusa, CA/Azusa) in first singles and narrowly lost to Walker and Ayaka Yoshino, 8-3.
 
The Pioneers return to the court on Tuesday when they travel to St. John Fisher College for an Empire 8 Conference contest scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m.

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