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Bison Women's Tennis Blanks Mount St. Mary's 7-0
4/3/2007 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 3, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - On Tuesday afternoon, the Bucknell women's tennis team notched its third victory of the season defeating Mount St. Mary's, 7-0, at the Bucknell Varsity Tennis Courts. Sophomore Paulina Gamboa (Mexico City, Mexico/Greengates) dropped Chelsea Johnson, who came in to the match with a 17-2 singles mark, in the No. 2 spot, 6-2, 6-3.
In No. 1 doubles, the team of Gamboa and freshman Carlin Calcaterra (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Township) took down Johnson and Katie Muething, 8-6. The duo of JoAnna Grossman (Florham Park, N.J./Hanover Park) and Camille Simonetti (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) clinched the doubles point for the Bison after their 8-3 win over Ashley Wentzel and Emily Grugan, in the No. 3 spot.
Freshman Tania Varela (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy) posted a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Muething in the No. 1 spot, to put Bucknell up 3-0. Freshman Kirstyn Sotak (Beechwood, Ohio/Hathaway Brown) sealed the victory for the Orange and Blue after she defeated Wentzel in the No. 5 spot, 6-2, 6-2.
Calcaterra notched a No. 3 singles win over Jen Iosue, 6-3, 6-1, while Simonetti beat Grugan in the No. 6 spot, 6-1, 6-3. Junior Caitlin Baffa (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills) earned a No. 4 singles victory over Whitney Edmonds in a tough two-set superbreaker, 6-1, 3-6, 11-9.
Bucknell will host its third straight home match on Saturday, April 7, against Fairleigh Dickinson, at the Bucknell Varsity Tennis Courts. The match will start at 1 p.m.
Bucknell 7, Mount St. Mary's 0
Doubles
No. 1 - Calcaterra/Gamboa (B) def. Muething/Johnson, 8-6
No. 2 - Iosue/Edmonds (B) def. Baffa/Weissend, 8-5
No. 3 - Grossman/Simonetti (B) def Wentzel/Grugan, 8-3
Order: 1, 3, 2
Singles
No. 1 - Tania Varela (B) def. Katie Muething, 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Paulina Gamboa (B) def. Chelsea Johnson, 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 - Carlin Calcaterra (B) def. Jen Iosue, 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 - Caitlin Baffa (B) def. Whitney Edmonds, 6-1, 3-6, 11-9
No. 5 - Kirstyn Sotak (B) def. Ashley Wentzel, 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 - Camille Simonetti (B) def. Emily Grugan, 6-1, 6-3
Order: 2, 1, 5, 3, 6, 4
