The Adelphi Panthers moved to 10-0 on the season over the weekend, defeating the Saint Anselm Hawks 8-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Hempstead Lake Indoor Tennis Center. The Panthers won all three of the doubles matches to set the tone for the match, led by the freshman and sophomore pair of Elizabeth Kallenberg &…
A number of college women’s tennis teams on Long Island had busy and successful weeks. We round up the action from this past week and look ahead to upcoming matches: Adelphi The Adelphi Panthers continued their undefeated season, moving to 8-0 and 7-0 in the Northeast-10 (NE-10) conference with a 6-3 win over Le Moyne….
For the 30th consecutive year, the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., will serve as host for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Women's All-American Championships. The 2015 Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships is the second national championship tournament of the 2015-16 season. Pre-qualifying matches are slated to begin Oct. 3 at Pepperdine University, with qualifying matches starting…
While the 150th best basketball, baseball, football or soccer player in the world is making a generous income, the 150th best tennis player in the world is about breaking even and just making enough money to pay for expenses, forget about being able to afford a home, car and health insurance. Since tennis professionals average…
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) doubles partners Justyna Krol & Alessia Rossetti played their way to the United States Tennis Association (USTA)/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) championship match Monday afternoon, after drawing Nour Kaddour & Ashley Loft of Southern New Hampshire State University. In the final, a three-set match, Krol & Rossetti picked up a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Kaddour…
With the 2015-16 collegiate tennis year getting underway, the ITA has announced the 2015 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Women's and Men’s Division I Preseason Rankings. In addition, selections for the 2015 Riviera/ITA Women's and Men’s All-American Championships have been made public and the first national championship of the year begins this week in Malibu, Calif., as…
What makes tennis a unique sport? You can play it for a lifetime, it tests you technically, physically and mentally. There is also no clock telling you it is physically impossible to make a comeback. There is no coaching during non-team play either. All of these aspects are unique to tennis, but there are a…
The UCLA pair of Mackenzie McDonald and Robin Anderson swept the second annual American Collegiate Invitational titles Saturday. The 20-year-old McDonald of Piedmont, Calif. beat Vanderbilt 22-year-old graduate Gonzales Austin of Miami, 6-2, 7-5, in the men's final. Anderson, a 22-year-old from Matawan, N.J. who was a senior in 2015, beat fellow UCLA grad, 21-year-old…
On day two of the 2015 American Collegiate Invitational, UCLA owned the courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. It'll be an all-Bruins final in the women's draw, as teammates and long-time friends Robin Anderson and Chanelle Van Nguyen will face off after each advanced past their semifinal opponents on Friday in…
The 2015 American Collegiate Invitational at the U.S. Open didn't start on time and ultimately saw two of the eight scheduled matches unable to come to a conclusion. What transpired in the middle was some high-quality tennis, though. All four men's quarterfinal matches were completed, as were two of the women's quarters, as the action…