The College of Staten Island women's tennis team is officially on a win streak, levelling their record to 2-2 with an undefeated week last week. They will put it on the line today in conference play when they host Brooklyn College. The Bulldogs come in needing a big win, having recently fallen to 0-3 in CUNYAC play. Match time is 4:00pm.
CSI vs. BROOKLYN COLLEGE AT-A-GLANCE
Matchup: College of Staten Island (2-2 Overall, 1-0 CUNYAC) vs. Brooklyn College (2-3 Overall, 0-3 CUNYAC)
Where: CSI Tennis Center - 2800 Victory Blvd. Staten Island, NY
First Serve: 4:00 pm
Last Year's Result: CSI won, 6-3
Players to Watch (CSI): CSI freshman
Tristiana Adragna earned CUNYAC Rookie of the Week honors last week and is surging having won two straight singles matches by identical 6-0, 6-0, scores playing at No. 3 and No. 2 respectively. Senior
Nozima Toshpulatova is in the top spot and is hoping to score big wins in singles and doubles. Fellow senior
Michelle Kushnir is CSI's most accomplished early season starter, accumulating a team best 3-1 overall record.
Players to Watch (BC): Shannel Johnson is coming off of a gritty win at No. 2 singles on Sunday and is looking to keep up the success. BC is looking for big wins towards the bottom of the order from Elizaveta Meshkalova and Charlotte Harary to catapult them over their Staten Island neighbors.
News and Notes: Both teams are playing good tennis of late. The Dolphins have won two in a row, while BC has taken two of their last three matches after starting similar to CSI at 0-2. Last year, the Dolphins took a big 6-3 win, helped nicely by a 3-0 sweep of doubles play, so look for that to be instrumental in today's matchup as well. CSI has taken the last six meetings over Brooklyn, including two postseason meetings within that time. BC's last win in the series was back in 2011. That year, Brooklyn defeated CSI twice and went on to play in the CUNYAC Final.