BROOKLYN -- No. 2 seed Pratt was halted in its quest for a fifth straight Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship, falling 9-0 to top-seeded Berkeley College, which won its first-ever title.
Cannoneers freshmen Melanie Kania and Neeka Gilardian were upended 8-3 by Ceren Askoy and Maria Avila in No. 1 doubles. In singles play, Askoy bested Kania and Avila upended Gilardian at the first and second spots, respectively, each falling 10-2.
Elsewhere, Pratt's Nicole Hetzel and Cailyn Culp fell 8-1 to Kate Gorshunova and Susan Wong, 8-1 in third doubles.
Pratt wraps up its 2015 season at 3-8.
Doubles
| FINAL |
1 |
| Melanie Kania / Neeka Gilardian (PRATT) |
3 |
| > Aksoy, Ceren / Avila, Maria (BERKELEY) |
8 |
| #1 Doubles |
| FINAL |
1 |
| Sude Rencber / Yeh-Eun Heo (PRATT) |
0 |
| > Mikalsen-Sandstad, V / Lippolis, Alessandra (BERKELEY) |
8 |
| #2 Doubles |
| FINAL |
1 |
| Nicole Hetzel / Cailyn Culp (PRATT) |
1 |
| > Gorshunova, Kate / Wong, Susan (BERKELEY) |
8 |
| #3 Doubles |
Singles
| FINAL |
1 |
| Melanie Kania (PRATT) |
2 |
| > Aksoy, Ceren (BERKELEY) |
10 |
| #1 Singles |
| FINAL |
1 |
| Neeka Gilardian (PRATT) |
2 |
| > Avila, Maria (BERKELEY) |
10 |
| #2 Singles |
| FINAL |
1 |
| Sude Rencber (PRATT) |
1 |
| > Gorshunova, Kate (BERKELEY) |
10 |
| #3 Singles |
| FINAL |
1 |
| Yeh-Eun Heo (PRATT) |
1 |
| > Mikalsen-Sandstad, V (BERKELEY) |
10 |
| #4 Singles |
| FINAL |
1 |
| Nicole Hetzel (PRATT) |
0 |
| > Lippolis, Alessandra (BERKELEY) |
10 |
| #5 Singles |
| FINAL |
1 |
| Cailyn Culp (PRATT) |
0 |
| > Wong, Susan (BERKELEY) |
10 |
| #6 Singles |