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Bucknell Women's Tennis To Face Duquesne, Saturday
1/30/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 30, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell women's tennis team will host Duquesne, this Saturday, Feb. 2, in a dual at the West Branch Tennis Club. The Bison (0-1) played at the Cornell Invitational in Ithaca, N.Y., this past weekend, and opened the 2008 season at Penn State on Jan. 22.
Bucknell Women's Tennis Notebook
At the Cornell Invitational, Jan. 25 - 27 -
- Freshman Lauren Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Pauls School For Girls) and sophomore Tania Varela (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy) advanced to the semifinal in Flight 1 doubles. Lucido and Varela had a bye in the first round and went on to defeat Niki Flach (last year's Patriot League Player of the Year) and Brooke Jones of Army, 8-4. The pair then faced No. 2-seeded Sinziana Chris and Shayna Miller of Cornell in the semifinal round, falling 8-6.
- Also in Flight 1 doubles, sophomore Carlin Calcaterra (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) and junior Paulina Gamboa (Mexico City, Mexico/Greengates School) fell to Lauren Bates and Anna Edelman of Binghamton, 8-3. The pair played a back draw match against Anne Houghton and Sarah Giles-Madden of Army, falling 8-6.
- Senior Caitlin Baffa (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills High School East) and freshman Dara Dwojewski (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) advanced to the semifinal round in the consolation bracket of Flight 2 doubles. The pair fell to Ashley Ebbert and Melissa Orteza of Cornell, 8-2, and went on to win a back draw match against Danielle Kashou and Nicole Scarangella of Binghamton, 8-1. Baffa and Dwojewski played Josephine Bergman and Anastasiia Rukavshykova of Temple in the consolation semifinal, falling, 8-6.
- Also in Flight 2 doubles, sophomores Kirstyn Sotak (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Hathaway Brown) and Renee Weissend (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) fell to Diana Alquero of Army and Weatherly Schwab of Cornell, 8-6, and then lost to Gayathri Balasundar and Danyelle Shapiro of Binghamton, 9-8 and 7-4 in a tie-breaker.
- In Flight 1 singles, No. 2-seeded Varela fell in her first match against Dina Senkina of Temple, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6, and went on to drop her back draw match to Bates. Also in Flight 1 singles, Lucido dropped her first match against Edelman, 6-4, 6-3, and was defeated in a back draw match against Dana Cruite of Cornell, 6-1, 6-4.
- In Flight 2 singles, Calcaterra fell to Shapiro in the first round, 6-2, 6-4, and then to Rukavyshnykova in a back draw match, 6-0, 4-6, 11-9. Dwojewski was defeated by Kristin Beehler of Army, and then dropped a back draw match against Rukavyshnykova, 7-6, 6-2. Gamboa dropped her first round match to Lucie Pazderova of Temple, 6-0, 7-5, and fell in a back draw match to Giles-Madden, 6-0, 4-6, 10-3.
- In Flight 3 singles, Weissend won her first match against Kashou, 6-2, 7-6, and fell in the second round to No. 1-seeded Bergman, 6-1, 6-4. Baffa fell in the first round of Flight 3 singles, 6-0, 6-2, to Schwab, and then to Vermono in a back draw match, 6-0, 6-0. Sotak fell to Erica Rosenblum of Binghamton, 6-1, 6-4, in the first round and then in a back draw match to Vemono, 6-1, 6-0. Freshman Lauren Rottkamp (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) played Jurlle Meneloza of Army in the first round, falling, 6-4, 6-4, and then dropped her back draw match, 7-5, 6-5, to Scarangella.
Against the Nittany Lions, Jan. 22 -
- The Bison fell to the Nittany Lions, 7-0, bringing Bucknell to 0-1 while Penn State improved to 1-0 on the season.
- Lucido and Varela played in the No. 1 doubles position, falling to Jenny Shular and Katelyn BeVard of Penn State, 8-4.
- Varela played at the No. 1 position in singles, dropping, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, to BeVard.
Bison in Fall 2007 Tournament Play -
- Bucknell closed out the fall season at the ITA East Regional Championships in Norfolk, Va. on Oct. 20, with Lucido and Varela falling in the third round of doubles, 9-8, 7-4, to 11th-seeded Michal Amir and Julia Huschke of Maryland to bring the duo's doubles record to 10-2 for the fall season. Lucido and Varela opened the weekend with a win over Walaa Elsir and Alexis McCoy of Morgan State in the first round, 8-2, and went on to upset the sixth-seeded pair, Elizabeth Googe and Susan Sullivan of Cornell, 8-6, in the second round.
- Gamboa held a 5-5 overall singles record on the season, 3-1 in Flight 1 and 1-2 in Flight 2. Lucido went 1-1 in Flight 1 singles (3-3 overall) and Varela went 1-3 in Flight 1 singles (1-3 overall).
- In doubles play, Lucido and Varela led the Bison with a record of 5-2 in Flight 1 and 10-2 overall. Baffa and Dwojewski posted a 5-4 doubles record, 3-1 in Flight 1, while Gamboa and Calcaterra went 3-7 overall and 3-5 in Flight 1.
Honors for 2007-08 Season -
- On Oct. 3, Lucido was named Patriot League Player of the Month for women's tennis. To open her collegiate career, Lucido posted a 10-2 combined record in September. She went 2-1 in singles and 8-1 in doubles when paired with Varela.
Looking Ahead -
- Up next, the Bison will return to Ithaca, N.Y., on Feb. 9, for a dual against Cornell at 9 a.m. and Quinnipiac at 4 p.m.
