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Bucknell Women's Tennis Moves To 2-0 In League Play With 5-2 Win Over Lehigh Monday Afternoon
4/7/2008 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 7, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell women's tennis team hosted Lehigh on Monday afternoon for its second Patriot League match of the season, defeating the Mountain Hawks, 5-2. The Bison moved to 7-6 overall and 2-0 in league play, while Lehigh now owns a record of 7-9 overall and 1-3 in the Patriot League.
To open the afternoon, Bucknell picked up the doubles point, winning at all three positions. Sophomore Tania Varela (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy) and freshman Lauren Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Paul's School for Girls) won their seventh match in a row, defeating Ruthie Furman and Allison Schwartz, 8-1, at No. 1 to improve to 7-2 this spring. At No. 2, junior Paulina Gamboa (Mexico City, Mexico/Greengates School) and sophomore Carlin Calcaterra (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) went 8-2 over Julie Arthofer and Stacey Reich to move to 5-6 this season, while at No. 3, senior Caitlin Baffa (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills High School East) and freshman Dara Dwojewski (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) topped Victoria Vityuk and Ariela Cohen, 8-4, making their record 3-7 in 2008.
Bucknell went on to pick up four wins in singles play. Varela improved to 5-3 this season, defeating Schwartz, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1, while Gamboa went 6-0, 6-2 over Cohen at No. 2, to move to 4-7 overall and 4-5 at the No. 2 position. At No. 4, Calcaterra was victorious over Furman, 6-2, 6-4, to bring her to 6-7 overall, 4-4 at No. 4, and at the No. 6 spot, freshman Lauren Rottkamp (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) defeated Reich, 6-2, 6-2, making her 8-3 overall and 7-2 at No. 6 this season.
Last off the court were Lucido and Dwojewski. Lucido fell 2-6, 7-5, 10-8 to Arthofer at No. 3, and Dwojewski dropped her match at No. 5 to Vityuk, 6-7(5), 6-3, 10-7.
After Monday afternoon's match, Lucido continues to lead the Bison in doubles wins this spring, adding her eighth against Lehigh, while Varela follows with seven wins. In singles, Rottkamp now leads the Bison, posting a team-high of eight wins.
The Bison are now set to host Pittsburgh on Tuesday at 3 p.m., making up last Friday's match which was cancelled due to rain. The match will be played at Bucknell's Varsity Tennis Courts.
Doubles
1. Varela/Lucido def. Furman/Schwartz 8-1
2. Gamboa/Calcaterra def. Arthofer/Reich 8-2
3. Dwojewski/Baffa def. Vityuk/Cohen 8-4
Singles
1. Varela def. Schwartz 6-4, 7-5
2. Gamboa def. Cohen 6-0, 6-2
3. Arthofer def. Lucido 2-6, 7-5, 10-8
4. Calcaterra def. Furman 6-2, 6-4
5. Vityuk def. Dwojewski 6-7(5), 6-3, 10-7
6. Rottkamp def. Reich 6-2, 6-2
