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Bucknell Women's Tennis Nipped by Drake, 4-3
3/18/2011 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 18, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. – Bucknell women's tennis put up a fight in its final contest of in Orlando, Fla., but couldn't pull out the win, losing 4-3 to Drake on Friday morning. The Bison (4-8) claimed all their points in singles, led by a straight-sets win at the top spot from Lauren Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Paul's School for Girls). Lucido is now tied for second all-time at Bucknell in career singles victories.
Lucido knocked out Drake's Manca Krizman easily by a score of 6-2, 6-1. That brings the Bison senior's career mark to 79-35, which is tied with Nada Curcic and Veronica Brown for second in program history. She needs eight more wins to overtake the record currently held by Tanya Sichko (86-40).
Although Lucido and Courtney Casey (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Visitation) lost a tough doubles match to Krizman and Jessica Aguilera, 9-8, Lucido drew closer to the record in career combined victories as well. Her overall record of 154-69 is one behind Curcic (155-63) in second place.
Joining Lucido in the wins column on Friday were Elena Vidrascu (Rochester, N.Y./Sutherland) and Dara Dwojewski (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham). Vidrascu called it an early day as Ali Patterson retired due to injury after trailing 5-2 in the first set. That gave Vidrascu the point at fifth singles.
Dwojewski took the first set at the sixth position by a score of 6-3. The second frame was a closer affair, but the senior finally put Amanda Aragon away in the tiebreaker.
Bucknell closed out its Spring Break trip in Orlando with a 2-2 record. The Bison will look to build on that play when they host Mount St. Mary's on March 22.
Drake 4, Bucknell 3
Doubles
1. Manca Krizman/Jessica Aguilera def. Lauren Lucido/Courtney Casey (B), 9-8
2. Amanda Aragon/Jessica Labarte (D) def. Daria Tuzhikova/Dumitrita Iepuras (B), 8-4
3. Klavdija Rebol/Earlynn Lauer (D) def. Dara Dwojewski/Elena Vidrascu (B), 8-5
Singles
1. Lauren Lucido (B) def. Manca Krizman (D), 6-2, 6-1
2. Klavdija Rebol (D) def. Dumitrita Iepuras (B), 6-4, 6-2
3. Gabriela Demos (D) def. Lauren Rottkamp (B), 6-1, 6-4
4. Jessica Aguilera (D) def. Courtney Casey (B), 6-1, 6-0
5. Elena Vidrascu (B) def. Ali Patterson (D), 5-2, ret.
6. Dara Dwojewski (B) def. Amanda Aragon (D), 6-3, 7-5
