Staten Island, NY- The Lady Cougars dropped their conference tennis match today 9-0 on Sept. 22, 2011 against conference rival College of Staten Island Dolphins. The Lady Cougars dropped to 0-2 in both Overall and CUNYAC records while the Dolphins improved to 2-4 Overall and 2-1 CUNYAC.

The Lady Cougars had a tough time against a good CSI squad. Once again, the Lady Cougars were behind the bullet when they brought only 5 players. The one match that stoodout was # 1 singles Roneke Browne and her fight to win a match. She pushed her opponent # 1 CSI Sophia Varriano to the limit but Varriano prevailed.  Here is the results from today:

Singles Action 

# 1 Roneke Browne (MEC) lost to Sophia Varriano (CSI) 3-6, 4-6
# 2 Ashley Yagoda (MEC) fell to Ilona Stoyko (CSI) 0-6, 0-6
# 3 Ja'Net Goodwin (MEC) lost to Alena Vedeneeva (CSI) 0-6, 0-6
# 4 Lashara Kiadii (MEC) lost to Faith Avevor (CSI) 0-6, 0-6
# 5 Letephia Lewis (MEC) lost to Demi- Jean Martorano 0-6, 0-6
# 6 No Player (MEC) lost to Katie Masterson (CSI) by default

Doubles Action

# 1 Roneke Browne/Ashley Yagoda (MEC) lost to Ilona Stoyko/Alena Vedeneeva (CSI) 1-8
# 2 Ja'Net Goodwin/Lashara Kiadii (MEC) lost to Faith Avevor/Maryna Incherchera (CSI) 0-8
# 4 No Player 1/No Player 2 (MEC) lost to Jean Baak/Katie Masterson by default

The Lady Cougars will be back in action on Monday Sept. 26, 2011 when they play the City College Beavers at Mill Pond Park in the Bronx, NY. Game time is to be announced.