2017-18 AMCC Women's Tennis News
The Franciscan University women's tennis team ended its 2017-18 campaign at the 2018 NCAA Tournament as the Lady Barons fell to Washington and Lee, 5-0, Friday afternoon.
All institution sport teams which compete for an AMCC championship may select one member from their team who displays good sportsmanship throughout the season to be a member of the All-AMCC Sportsmanship Team.
Franciscan University sophomore Madelyn Conrad has been named the AMCC Women's Tennis Player of the Year, becoming the first Lady Baron player to earn this honor.
Binette clinched Franciscan's second-straight AMCC title with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles on Sunday against Altoona. Binette scored the fourth point for Franciscan against Greensburg, won both doubles matched at No. 1, and only dropped three games in her four matches over the weekend.
Franciscan University kept their undefeated streak in tact as the Barons won their second straight AMCC women's tennis championship.
Four time defending AMCC champion Franciscan University will take on # XXX for the women's tennis title on Sunday.
Sterett had the clinching win for Pitt-Greensburg at #6 singles against Medaille. The Bobcats got swept in doubles action to begin the match, but took five of the six singles matches to complete the come back and upset the #4 seed Medaille. Sterett won her match 6-2, 6-4.
The AMCC women's tennis championship tournament begins this weekend when #6 Pitt-Bradford travels to #3 Penn State Behrend, and #5 Pitt-Greensburg heads to #4 Medaille College in first round action.
Stoltz won both her doubles and singles matches Friday against D'Youville to help the Panthers secure the No. 6 seed in the AMCC playoffs. On the team, Stoltz leads with an 8-2 singles record and she, along with doubles partner Alexa Holleran, picked up five wins in the top spot.
Conrad led the Lady Barons to back-to-back regular season AMCC titles. She won all four singles and doubles matches in conference action last week and did not drop an AMCC match all season. Conrad has won the last four matches both at singles and doubles.
Mott had a phenomenal week for Medaille, going 3-0 in the number one singles slot and 2-1 as a member of the number one doubles pairing. Mott defeated the number one singles player for D'Youville, Pitt-Greensburg, and La Roche last week, helping the Mavs improve to 7-2 overall and 5-2 in conference play. She also paired with her partner Colleen Voigt to go 2-1 in number one doubles, defeating the Bobcats' number one pairing 8-6, and the Redhawks' number one pair 8-5.
Stoltz is a perfect 5-0 in singles action so far this season, and earned a pair of scores that reflect that blemish-free record with 8-0 (Wednesday) and 6-0, 6-0 (Saturday), without dropping a single set. She was also perfect in No. 1 doubles this week, and her two wins Saturday helped the Panthers to their first victory and conference win of the season against La Roche, 5-4.
