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Bucknell Women's Tennis Sails Past Florida Gulf Coast, 5-2
3/10/2009 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 10, 2009
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Bucknell women's tennis team opened its Spring Break trip to Florida with a 5-2 win over Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday. Lauren Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Paul's School For Girls) and Paulina Gamboa (Mexico City, Mexico/Greengates School) teamed for a win at No. 1 doubles, and the pair also won their singles matches in straight sets.
Bucknell captured the doubles point with wins from Lucido/Gamboa at No. 1 (8-5) and an 8-4 win from Tania Varela (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy) and Carlin Calcaterra (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) at No. 2.
In singles, Lucido defeated Eva Sambrano 6-4, 6-3, while Gamboa topped Heather St. John by the same score. Dumi Iepuras (Chisinau, Moldova/Germantown Friends School) at No. 4 and Lauren Rottkamp (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) at No. 6 capped off the victory with straight-set wins. Rottkamp was a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Joanne Power to improve to 6-0 on the season.
Now 7-3 this spring, the Bison are back in action on Wednesday against Barry. FGCU, the alma mater of Bison assistant coach Stephen Schram, fell to 1-9.
Doubles (Best 2 of 3 for one team point):
Lauren Lucido/Paulina Gamboa (B) def. Priscillia Villemond/Evans, 8-5
Tania Varela/Carlin Calcaterra (B) def. Eva Sambrano/Maggie Caulk, 8-4
Heather St. John/Leah Johnson (FGC) def. Dumitrita Iepuras/Ashley Globerman, 8-5
Singles:
Villemond (FGC) def. Varela, 7-6, def.
Lucido (B) def. Sambrano, 6-4, 6-3
Gamboa (B) def. St. John, 6-4, 6-3
Iepuras (B) def. Evans, 7-6, 6-3
Johnson (FGC) def. Globerman, 6-4, 6-4
Lauren Rottkamp (B) def. Joanne Power, 6-2, 6-0
