STRANGE TWINS IN FULL SWING EX-SCV STANDOUTS MAKE IMPACT.Byline: ERIK BOAL Special to the Daily News Former Valencia High tennis standouts Alexa and Cassie Strange concluded a successful fall season Saturday for the Marist College Marist College is a private liberal arts college of 180 acres (72 ha), located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie, New York, on US 9. The site was established in 1905, and chartered in 1946. women's team, teaming up to win their doubles pro-set and sweeping their singles matches in the Red Foxes' 7-0 victory over the University of Montreal Of Montreal is an American indie pop band formed in Athens, Georgia, fronted by Kevin Barnes. It was among the second wave of groups to emerge from The Elephant 6 Recording Company. . The match was the first competition held at the Marist Tennis Pavilion in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The twins, who led Valencia to its first appearance in a Southern Section Div. III final last season, made an immediate impact for the Red Foxes, defeating a team from Buffalo to win the Flight B doubles championship Sept. 10 in their first college tournament, the Cornell Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . After reaching the doubles semifinals at the Eastern Women's Intercollegiate Tennis Championships the following week, the Strange sisters reached the winner's circle win·ner's circle n. pl. winners' circles An enclosed area at a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for awards and publicity. Noun 1. again Sept. 24 at the Georgetown Invitational with a victory over a team from George Washington. Cassie Strange, the All-Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year last season, also reached the singles final at the Georgetown event, losing 6-4, 6-4 to George Washington's Kendall Swanson. The Stranges -- who helped the Vikings win 55 matches during their three-year varsity careers, including Foothill League titles every season -- appeared on their way to another victory Sept. 30 at the Bucknell Invitational. But Cassie was forced to default her singles match because of an illness. As a result, the twins also were forced to withdraw from the doubles competition. Marist is scheduled to return to action in February, kicking off a 10-week slate that concludes with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, pronounced "mack") is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. Championships in April. The Red Foxes went 14-4 last season, going undefeated in regular-season MAAC MAAC Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC Mid-Atlantic Area Council MAAC Model Aeronautics Association of Canada MAAC Manhattan Art & Antiques Center MAAC Maximum Ambient Air Concentration MAAC Model Aviation Association of Canada MAAC Multiple-Access Adder Channel play, before losing to Siena in the conference tournament final. Marist returns three all-conference selections from that team, with the Strange sisters being two of the three freshmen added to the Red Foxes' roster in their quest to reach the NCAA tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
erik.boal@dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) ALEXA STRANGE (2 -- color) CASSIE STRANGE |
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