2007 Season In Review

  
The 2007 Women’s Tennis season saw another year of growth and development for an already strong and young team. Under the guidance of Coach Phil Levkanich the program continued to build momentum throughout the season ending the fall campaign with a record of 4-8, 1-7 in the competitive Empire 8 Conference and an invite to the NYSWCAA Championships hosted at Cornell University.

Leading the way for the Soaring Eagles netters in 2007 were a talented group of young yet experienced players. First year player Rebecca Kingman ’11 (Hamilton, NJ -- Steinert) despite having a shaky start of her inaugural season would come on strong late, winning 8 of her last 12 matches including 5 straight singles wins. This performance would help her earn Empire 8 All Conference Honorable Mention.

At Singles the experience and poise of third year players Kimmy Kellett ’09 (Binghamton, NY -- Chenango Valley), Emily Talbot ’09 (Cazenovia, NY -- Cazenovia) and Torrie Robinson-Neff ’09 (Gloucester, MA -- Gloucester) proved to be invaluable to this years squad. Kellett and Talbot, while playing the top two singles positions would have a tough season matching up against the best players from each team. They will be looked upon to carry that experience into what is hoped to be a strong 2008 campaign.

Rounding out the bottom half of the lineup was Dani Oaxaca ’09 (Rancho Cucamonga, CA -- Rancho Cucamonga) and Aradhna Taneja ’08 (New Delhi, India -- Hotchkiss School).  Robinson- Neff would finish the year with a combined record of 12-12. Behind her was Oaxaca who provided much needed depth to the Soaring Eagles lineup this fall and advanced to the quarterfinals of NYSWCAA Championships. Taneja would finish the year at the number six spot and would come away with wins over conference runner up Stevens Tech and SUNY Brockport.

The Purple and Gold will look to Desiree Calderella ’10 (Pittsfield, MA -- Taconic) and Alia Pyros ’10 (Shavertown, PA -- Dallas Senior) to both fight for time in next years lineup. With the strides made this year, the Soaring Eagles look to carry that into the rest of the year and next fall.

The team will lose Taneja to graduation.