Bucknell University
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Bison Women's Tennis Drops 6-1 Decision to Army
4/2/2005 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 2, 2005
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Nada Curcic won her tenth straight match at one singles on Saturday, but the Bison women's tennis team dropped the match to Army, 6-1, in Patriot League action at Gerhard Fieldhouse. Curcic and partner Veronica Brown were also victorious at one doubles, also their tenth-consecutive win on the season.
Curcic and Brown won their match over Army's Marissa Limsiaco and Amy Morgenstern, 8-5. The Bison just missed picking up the doubles point as Chelsea Mills and Rheanna Gaskin fell to Pam Chavez and Amanda Paluch in a tight 8-6 decision at three doubles.
Curcic upended Limsiaco at one singles, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1, for the only Bison singles win of the day. Daniella Shtemberg, Brown and Tanya Sichko played tough on the second through fourth courts, each narrowly missing a win after taking their respective matches to three sets.
Shtemberg dropped her two singles match to Christine Ong, 6-3, 2-6, 3-6. Brown also came up short in a tight match, falling to Morgenstern, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7. Sichko lost another close one, losing in a 6-2, 3-6, 7-10, decision to Megan Noble.
Today's loss is only the second of the season for Bucknell, which falls to 11-2 on the year, 1-1 in the Patriot League. The Black Knights, who were favored to win the PL in the preseason poll, improve to 16-4 overall, and 2-0 in league play.
The Bison will finish out the weekend with a road contest against Delaware on Sunday. The match is slated to begin at 1 p.m. in Newark, Del.
Results:
Doubles
1 - Brown/Curcic (B) def. Limsiaco/Morgenstern (A), 8-5
2 - Noble/Ong (A) def. Shtemberg/Sichko (B), 8-2
3 - Chavez/Paluch (B) def. Gaskin/Mills (B), 8-6
Singles
1 - Curcic (B) def. Limsiaco (A), 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
2 - Ong (A) def. Shtemberg (B), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
3 - Morgenstern (A) def. Brown (B), 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
4 - Noble (A) def. Sichko (B), 2-6, 6-3 (10-7)
5 - Paluch (A) def. Gaskin (B), 6-0, 6-0
6 - Nott (A) def. Mills (B), 8-4
