Player of the Week
Kitsa Scime, Daemen
Senior | Williamsville, NY
Scime went a perfect 4-0 for the weekend, going 2-0 at singles and 2-0 at doubles. The Daemen senior did not drop a single set against Arija Grant of Houghton at No. 1 singles, winning 6-0, 6-0. She went on to defeat Allegheny's Julia Muessler at No. 2 singles 6-2, 6-0. Scime won 6-2 against Houghton on No. 1 doubles and 7-6 (7-3) at No. 2 doubles against Allegheny with partner Yinett Del Leon. She now sits 10 wins away from the program record for singles victories.
Rookie of the Week
Bella Bjerkan, Daemen
Freshman | Elmhurst, IL
Bjerkan began her collegiate career 4-0, going 2-0 at singles and 2-0 at doubles. In her first collegiate match against Houghton, she won at No. 3 doubles, 6-1, and in her first collegiate singles match, won 6-0, 6-3, against Zoe Zachery. Against Allegheny, in her second collegiate match, Bjerkan won at No. 1 doubles, 7-5, and at No. 5 singles, 6-4, 6-2, against Omega Ba.
ECC Weekly Honor Roll
Stephanie Baier, Daemen
Freshman | Boise, ID
Baier went a perfect 4-0 during her first two collegiate matches, going 2-0 at singles and 2-0 at doubles. The Daemen freshman earned her first collegiate doubles win, 6-1, against Houghton and first singles win at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-1, also against Houghton. Against Allegheny, she won 6-4 on No. 3 doubles and emerged victorious at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-1.
Yinett Del Leon, Daemen
Senior | Cape Coral, FL
Del Leon opened her senior season with a perfect 4-0 during her first two collegiate matches, going 2-0 at singles and 2-0 at doubles. The Daemen senior went 2-0 on doubles with ECC Player of the Week Kitsa Scime. She won at No. 1 doubles against Houghton and No. 2 doubles versus Allegheny. Del Leon earned her first singles win of the season with a 6-0, 6-1, win at No. 2 singles against Houghton's Clancey Cockle and defeated Allegheny's Rei Etsumi, 7-5, 6-4, at No. 3 singles to complete her perfect weekend.
Yuliia Kashtelian, D’Youville
Senior | Lviv, Ukraine
Kashtelian went 2-0 in D'Youville's 4-3 win against Post University on Saturday. At No. 2 doubles, Kashtelian recorded a 6-4 win with partner Maria Campisi. At No. 3 singles, she clinched the victory for DYU with a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 10-5 win.
Mina Randjelovic, D’Youville
Paracin, Spain
Randjelovic went 2-0 in her first collegiate match to help lead D'Youville to a 4-3 victory over Post University. At No. 1 doubles, Randjelovic and her partner, Kseniya Zhdanok, tallied a 6-3 win. At No. 2 singles, she cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 victory.
Kseniya Zhdanok, D’Youville
Freshman
In her first collegiate match, Zhdanok went 2-0 in D'Youville's 4-3 win over Post University. At No. 1 doubles, Zhdanok and her partner recorded a 6-3 victory. Zhdanok got her second win of the day at first singles with a commanding 6-2, 6-2 victory.
ECC Women's Tennis Weekly Award Winners
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sept. 9 - Kitsa Scime, Daemen
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Sept. 9 - Bella Bjerkan, Daemen
Previously in the Polls
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL POLL
(First Rankings Released in Mid-November)
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION EAST REGION POLL
(First Rankings Released in Mid-November)
NCAA EAST REGION RANKINGS
(Released in April 2025)
ECC PRESEASON POLL
1. Queens (34 points, 4 first-place votes)
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (31 points, 2 first-place votes)
3. District of Columbia (24 points)
4. Daemen (18 points)
5. D'Youville (11 points)
6. Molloy (8 points)