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Bucknell Women's Tennis Enters League Season Undefeated After 6-1 Win Over Loyola
3/21/2004 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 21, 2004
BALTIMORE, Md. - The Bucknell women's tennis team continued its undefeated season on Sunday morning by defeating Loyola, 6-1, in the last non-conference match before Bucknell opens league play next Saturday at Colgate. The Bison are now 6-0 in duals this spring and 9-0 counting the three fall season wins.
Bucknell claimed the doubles point with wins by Samantha Berthod and Rheanna Gaskin, 8-3, over Jessica Liberatore and Amy Nitch on court two and by Nadezda Curcic and Chelsea Mills, 8-2, over Claire Najour and Gina Turturiello on court three. Loyola won at first doubles, as the team of Carolyn Pikington and Caitlin Russo beat Veronica Brown and Tanya Sichko, 8-1.
The Bison took five of six doubles matches, and were kept from a 7-0 win only by a three-set Loyola victory on court five. Brown won at first singles, 6-3, 6-4, over Pilkington, while Gaskin defeated Russo, 6-1, 7-6(2), at second singles and Curcic beat Turturiello, 6-3, 6-1 on court three. Tanya Sichko knocked off Nitch, 6-3, 6-1 on court four and Mills beat Najour, 6-3, 6-2 on court six. Loyola earned its only win when Liberatore knocked off Berthod, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 at fifth singles.
Bucknell's Saturday match at Colgate will begin at 11 a.m. The Bison have five non-conference matches remaining this season, the first bringing Bucknell back to the Baltimore area with a visit to Towson on Mar. 30.
DOUBLES
1) Pilkington/Russo (L) def. Brown/Sichko (B),8-1
2) Berthod/Gaskin (B) def. Liberatore/Nitch (L),8-3
3) Curcic/Mills (B) def. Najour/Turturiello (L),8-2
SINGLES
1) Veronica Brown (B) def. Carolyn Pilkington (L),6-3, 6-4
2) Rheanna Gaskin (B) def. Caitlin Russo (L),6-1, 7-6(2)
3) Nadezda Curcic (B) def. Gina Turturiello (L),6-3, 6-1
4) Tanya Sichko (B) def. Amy Nitch (L),6-3, 6-1
5) Jessica Liberatore (L) def. Samantha Berthod (B),1-6, 6-3, 6-4
6) Chelsea Mills (B) def. Claire Najour (L),6-3, 6-2
Team Records: Bucknell 9-0. Loyola 7-2.
