HOUGHTON, NY - The Utica University tennis team collected its first Empire 8 victory of the season beating Houghton 6-3 on Friday night.
 
Utica was phenomenal in doubles sweeping the board winning all three matches. Isabella Bonapace (Leonia, NJ/Leonia) and Ellen Lyga (New Hartford, NY/Notre Dame) won 8-4 while Selma Dizdarevic (Utica, NY/Proctor) and Paetra Heeren (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) won their match 8-5. Callie Ott (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy) and Lyndsey Tiedemann (Salt Point, NY/Franklin D Roosevelt) rounded out doubles winning their match 8-7 in extra games 7-5.
 
Lyga continued her wonderful singles play winning 6-0, 6-0. Dizdarevic also took care of business, winning 6-2, 6-0. Tiedemann also won her singles match 6-2, 6-1 and has started to heat up as this is her second consecutive singles win.
 
Utica (2-5, 1-3 Empire 8) will host Russell Sage College on Saturday, October 7 at noon.