Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey's women's tennis team hosted Ramapo College in a New Jersey Athletic Conference match on Sunday. The match decided the 2008 NJAC Championship for women's tennis as TCNJ tallied a 9-0 win and captured the league's championship crown in the process. TCNJ, which is now 5-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference, has now won 126 straight NJAC matches and have never lost a conference match since women's tennis was introduced as a league sport in the fall of 1982. With the victory as well on Sunday, the Lions wrapped their 26th consecutive NJAC women's tennis championship.
Ramapo College of NJ vs The College of New Jersey 10/5/08 at TCNJ (TCNJ's Tennis Center)
The College of New Jersey 9, Ramapo College of NJ 0
Singles competition
1.
Stefanie Haar (TCNJ-WOM) def. Kristine Austria (RCNJWT) 6-1, 6-1
2.
Felice Trinh (TCNJ-WOM) def. Taryn Potenza (RCNJWT) 6-2, 6-4
3.
Christie Pollin (TCNJ-WOM) def. Alison Tukel (RCNJWT) 7-5, 6-0
4.
Haley Kutner (TCNJ-WOM) def. Laura Strandberg (RCNJWT) 6-0, 6-1
5.
Lindsay Katzel (TCNJ-WOM) def. Jywel Almirante (RCNJWT) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Emily Petersack (TCNJ-WOM) def. Liza Wyble (RCNJWT) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Haley Kutner/
Christie Pollin (TCNJ-WOM) def. Alison Tukel/Liza Wyble (RCNJWT) 8-0
2.
Stefanie Haar/
Felice Trinh (TCNJ-WOM) def. Laura Strandberg/Taryn Potenza (RCNJWT) 8-2
3.
Tamra Wroblesky/
Emily Petersack (TCNJ-WOM) def. Jennifer Finaldi/Jywel Almirante (RCNJWT) 8-2
Match Notes: Ramapo College of NJ 9-4, 3-2 NJAC, The College of New Jersey 5-0, 5-0 NJAC
Official: Marvin Hill T-2:45 A-50
TCNJ's junior
Stefanie Haar (Morganville, NJ/Marlboro) played at first singles for the Lions and posted a pair of wins, while teaming at No. 2 doubles with freshman
Felice Trinh (Linden, NJ/Linden). Haar defeated Ramapo's junior
Kristine Austria (Jersey City, NJ/McNair Academy), 6-1, 6-1 to improve to 7-3 overall on the season at first singles, while holding a 5-0 mark in dual action. On her career, she boasts a combined singles and doubles record of 94-32. Trinh was a winner at second singles with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over freshman
Taryn Potenza (Garfield, NJ/Garfield).
TCNJ's senior
Haley Kutner (Franklin Lakes, NJ/Dwight Englewood) and her partner, rookie
Christie Pollin (Mendham, NJ/Gill St. Bernard) were victors at first doubles with an 8-0 win over Ramapo's junior
Alison Tukel (Morris Plains, NJ/Morristown) and senior
Liza Wyble (Millville, NJ/Millville). Kutner and Pollin boast a 12-match win streak with one another and are unbeaten this fall at 12-0. They will return to action on October 16-19 in Mobile, Alabama when they compete at the 2008 ITA National Small College Championships for a chance at earning ITA All-America honors.