Sept. 7: The St. Lawrence women's tennis team finished the Mary Hosking Tournament at William Smith with five players competing in singles flight championship matches, and two – senior Elkie Vandenbeemt and first-year Lia Petersen – winning their respective flights.  In doubles, seniors Olivia Arroyo and Samantha Miller teamed to win the B flight.

In singles play, Vandenbeemt and classmate Arroyo both advanced to the A flight Championship, while Morgan McNeal, Hallie Young and Petersen competed in the B, C, and D flights, respectively. Additionally, senior Miller (B) and sophomore Georgia Comber (C) won consolation matches in their flights.

"It was fun getting to watch our team compete with poise and maturity," Head Coach Greg Kreitzer said. "Our upperclassmen showed the type of mental toughness that comes with years of college match play. It was also great to see our freshman earn their first collegiate wins."

Among the team's upperclassmen representatives were seniors Vandenbeemt and Arroyo who both competed in the A flight of the tournament. Arroyo downed William Smith's Katarina Kostovic (8-4), Geneseo's Amanda Rosati (8-2) and Rochester's Christine Ho (8-6) before advancing to the final to face off against Vandenbeemt.

The Saints captain, who drew a bye in the first round, edged Geneseo's Cat Crummey (8-5) and Marylen Santos (8-4) before facing off against Arroyo in the final and posting an 8-3 win.

Fellow captain Anna Young also competed in the A flight, falling 8-2 to Santos in the opening round.

Miller, McNeal and first-year Emily Wyman each competed in the B flight for St. Lawrence. While Miller suffered an 8-3 loss to Rochester's Mary Goodman in the first round, she went on to black RIT's Bridget Avery (8-0) in the bracket's consolation round.

Wyman earned her first collegiate win in a thrilling 9-8 match against Rochester's Alex Wolkoff. She was edged out of the flight in the quarterfinals by Allison Vizgaitis of Ithaca College, 8-6.

McNeal, on the other hand, advanced to the B singles championship match against Rochester's Cara Genbauffe. After a first round bye, she posted an 8-3 win in the quarters and cruised to an 8-1 win in the semifinals – both against Ithaca College opponents. She dropped a heartbreaking 9-8 decision to Genbauffe in the championship.

In the C flight, Comber advanced to the quarterfinals after a first-round bye, but was edged by Rochester's Karianna Sretavan 8-6. She went on to blank Ithaca's Maddie Overholt 8-0 in one of the C flight consolation matches.

Fellow sophomore Hallie Young advanced to the flight championship after a pair of close wins (8-5, 8-6) in the first two rounds. She also downed Rachel Ollis of Geneseo in the semifinals, before falling 8-2 to Mai Hashimoto in the championship.

The D flight singles competition featured a pair of first-year students in Alexandra Bennett and Petersen. Bennett posted a first-round win, 8-3, over Vicky Ganey of RIT, before losing out in an extended match, 9-8 in the quarters. Petersen, who drew a first-round bye, was dominant in each of her matches conceded only two games on the weekend. She blanked her quarterfinal opponent, 8-0, downed Rochester's Leah Bowden in the semis and cruised past Geneseo's Anike Pornpitaksuk by the same margin to win the flight.

In doubles competition, Arroyo and Miller drew a bye in the first-round of the B flight before doubling up their Rochester opponents 8-4 in the quarterfinals. The duo posted an 8-6 win over Hashimoto and Pornpitaksuk of Geneseo in the semifinals and then battled for another 8-4 match win over another Geneseo pair in the flight championship.

Other doubles pairs on the weekend included McNeal and Vandenbeemt (A), Comber and Anna Young (A), Bennett and Petersen (B), and Wyman and Hallie Young. While both A flight pairs were edged out in the opening rounds, each went on to win consolation matches as McNeal and Vandenbeemt edged a Rochester pair 8-6 and Comber and Young cruised past RIT's pair of Ganey and Gianna Heaviland, 8-1.

In the B flight, Bennett and Petersen battled for a 9-8 win in the first round for their first collegiate doubles win. They fell 8-4 to Rochester's duo of Darby McCall and Karianna Sretavan in the quarters. Meanwhile, Wyman and Hallie Young lost out 8-4 in the quarterfinals, but went on to win a flight consolation match, 8-1.