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ITA Regionals
Bucknell Women's Tennis Opens Play At ITA Regionals
10/20/2007 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 20, 2007
Norfolk, Va. - Bucknell women's tennis opened the ITA East Regional Championships in Norfolk, Va. on Saturday with sophomore Tania Varela (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy) and the Bison pair of Varela and freshman Lauren Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Paul's School for Girls) playing in the first round of singles and first two rounds of doubles, respectively.
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Varela and Lucido defeated Walaa Elsir and Alexis McCoy of Morgan State in the first round, 8-2, and went on to upset the sixth-seeded pair in the second round. The Bison duo topped Elizabeth Googe and Susan Sullivan of Cornell, 8-6, to advance to the third round and bring the pair's season record to 10-1. Varela and Lucido will face 11th-seeded Michal Amir and Julia Huschke of Maryland on Sunday morning.
Varela played Sarah Lederhandler of Yale in the first round of singles and fell, 6-1, 6-1, bringing her singles record to 1-3 on the season.
The Bison are now set to continue the ITA Regionals on Saturday.
