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Bucknell Women's Tennis Falls To Army 4-1 in Patriot League Final Match
4/26/2009 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 26, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa. - With a 4-1defeat to Army in the Patriot League Women's Tennis Tournament Championship match, Bucknell's women's tennis finished off another strong season. The second-seeded Bison finished 15-7 overall after losing to the Patriot League's perennial champion: Army, the No. 1 seed.
Bucknell finished second in the Patriot League Tournament for the fifth straight season. The Bison produced their best record since the 2005 season and also their sixth double-digit win season in Bison head coach Rebbeca Helt's career.
Coming out strong, the Bison won the first match with a doubles victory from sophomore Lauren Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Paul's School For Girls) and senior Paulina Gamboa (Mexico City, Mexico/Greengates School) over the Black Knight top pairing (8-1). The win was the sole doubles win for Bucknell as they dropped the next two contests.
In singles, Bucknell got a big win from Gamboa, again, in the third flight, when she defeated Army's Sarah Giles-Madden 6-3, 6-0 for their only singles win of the finals match. At the time of Army clinching their victory, Lucido was winning her singles match, 6-2, 1-4, as the only other Bison to win a singles set.
The Bison capped their season with six of their eight active spring players with double-digit wins in singles record and three doubles teams with over eight wins. Bucknell's top pairing this spring was Lucido and Gamboa, playing from the No. 1 doubles spot, with an overall record of 14-1. The top singles players this season were freshman Dumitrita Iepuras (Chisinau, Moldova/Germantown Friends School) and Lucido, who each tallied a 15-5 overall record.
Doubles:
1. Lauren Lucido / Paulina Gamboa (BU)l def. Niki Flach / Michael Tollerton, 8-1
2. Annie Houghton / Kristin Beehler (Army) def. Tania Varela / Carlin Calcaterra, 8-5
3. Sarah Giles-Madden / Robie Verano (Army) def. Dara Dwojewski / Ashley Globerman, 8-4
Singles:
1. Tania Varela (BU) ahead of Annie Houghton, 6-3, 5-3
2. Niki Flach (Army) ahead of Lauren Lucido, 6-2, 1-4
3. Paulina Gamboa (BU) def. Sarah Giles-Madden, 6-3, 6-0
4. Kristin Beehler (Army) def. Dumitrita Iepuras, 6-2, 6-2
5. Michael Tollerton (Army) def. Dara Dwojewski, 6-1, 6-1
6. Robie Verano (Army) def. Lauren Rottkamp, 6-0, 7-5
