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Bison Women's Tennis Pulls Out 4-3 Win Over Lehigh
4/5/2005 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 5, 2005
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Nada Curcic won her 12th-consecutive singles match as the Bison women's tennis team notched a Patriot League win over Lehigh by a tight, 4-3 decision, Tuesday afternoon in Bethlehem, Pa. Curcic and doubles partner Veronica Brown also earned their 12th-straight, taking out Lehigh's number one doubles team.
Brown and Curcic were the only Bucknell winners in doubles action, shutting out Lehigh's Starrine Foster and Alexis Jacobi, 8-0.
In singles play, Curcic defeated Gwen Dwyer at one singles, 6-3, 6-4. The next Bison win would come at three singles as Brown upended Jacobi, 6-4, 6-3. Tanya Sichko added another Bison point on the fourth court, besting Foster, 6-0, 6-1. Bucknell got its fourth point from Chelsea Mills who crushed Francesca Murasko-Blank, 6-0, 6-1.
The Bison improve to 11-2, 2-1 in PL play on the season. Next on the schedule is a trip to Hamilton, N.Y., to take on Colgate in Patriot League action. The match is set for April 8, starting at 2 p.m.
Results:
Doubles
1 - Brown/Curcic (B) def. Foster/Jacobi (L), 8-0
2 - Anorga/Dwyer (L) def. Mills/Sichko (B), 8-6
3 - Donohue/Long (L) def. Gaskin/Shtemberg (B), 8-4
Singles
1 - Curcic (B) def. Dwyer (L), 6-3, 6-4
2 - Anorga (L) def. Shtemberg (B), 7-5, 6-1
3 - Brown (B) def. Jacobi (L), 6-4, 6-3
4 - Sichko (B) def. Foster (L), 6-0, 6-1
5 - Long (L) def. Gaskin (B), 7-6, 6-2
6 - Mills (B) def. Murasko-Blank (L), 6-0, 6-1
