The Commack Varsity girls’ tennis team hosted its annual Play for Pink Tennis with Teachers event on Tuesday afternoon at Commack High School, bringing together the team’s tennis players with the school’s teachers, for a fun afternoon of tennis while also raising money for the Play for the P.I.N.K Breast Cancer Research Fund. “Every year…
Photo courtesy of ECCSports.org The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) women’s tennis team’s domination continued over the weekend, as the Bears beat Queens College 5-0 for its fifth consecutive East Coast Conference (ECC) title. The Bears got on the board with three straight wins in the doubles flights, led by Melanie Benyadi and Lena…
Calista Sha and Morgan Wilkins of the Friends Academy completed its improbable run as a doubles tandem, winning the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) doubles title with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 comeback victory over Vanessa Ciano and Laina Campos of Ursuline on Monday morning at South Shore Indoor Tennis in Port…
The Port Washington varsity girls’ tennis team held its annual Breast Cancer Awareness Play with the Teachers event to raise money for the Susan G. Komen foundation. The event partners students with teachers for a round-robin tournament and raises money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the most widely known and largest breast cancer foundation…
The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center will serve as host to the closing event of the college tennis fall season, as the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships get underway Thursday morning in Flushing, New York. The USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, which runs Nov. 3-6, is the fourth national championship of the 2016-17…
Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova won the biggest title of her career on Sunday, downing world number one Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals in Singapore. “This is the biggest moment of my career,” the 27-year old said afterwards. “It’s hard to describe in words. I have to congratulate Angelique Kerber, you are an…
The Long Island and New York Tennis Community lost one of its pillars, as Howie Arons passed away at the age of 67 in mid-October. Howie Arons of the New York Tennis Academy at Great Neck Estates had been a fixture in the Long Island and New York tennis communities for the last four decades….
USTA Eastern will host its 30th Annual College Showcase Day on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016 at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y. for high school sophomores, juniors and seniors, along with college coaches. College Showcase Day provides students with the opportunity to meet college tennis coaches, collect recruiting information and learn about the…
Photo courtesy of AUPanthers.com The Adelphi Panthers defended its Northeast-10 (NE-10) Conference title earlier this week, downing Stonehill College 5-4 to win its second straight NE-10 championship. This title run was a bit different than last year’s. The 2015 Panthers entered the conference tournament as the regular season champions and top-seed, but were the sixth-seed…
Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska continued her domination over Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, beating the U.S. Open finalist 7-5, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the WTA Finals in Singapore. Radwanska, last year’s champion in Singapore, has now won all seven meetings against Pliskova in straight sets, winning all 14 sets against the big-serving Czech…