Women's Tennis Heads to Bethlehem for Dual Match with Lehigh

Saturday, March 28

Bethlehem, Pa.

11:00 a.m.

Bucknell University

Lehigh

Women's Tennis Heads to Bethlehem for Dual Match with Lehigh

3/25/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell women's tennis continues its road slate this weekend as it heads to Bethlehem to take on Lehigh. The dual match is set to take place on Saturday, March 28 at 11 a.m.

The Bison are entering the dual match 7-9 overall and 0-4 in the Patriot League after falling to Loyola and Navy last weekend. The Mountain Hawks enter the match 4-11 overall and 0-1 in the Patriot League after falling to Navy on Saturday.

Bucknell (7-9, 0-4 PL) at Lehigh (4-11, 0-1 PL)

When: Saturday, March 28 — 11 a.m.
Where: Bethlehem, Pa.

Bucknell's Last Time Out:

Bucknell women's tennis fell to Navy 7-0 on Sunday afternoon. The Bison dropped to 7-9 overall and 0-3 in the Patriot League with the road loss.
Abby Platt and Riley Jennings earned the lone match win for Bucknell as they defeated Anna Jordaan and Peyton Philemon at the No. 1 doubles spot 6-2.
The Midshipmen secured the doubles point as they took the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches. Navy then continued its dominance going 6-0 in singles play. The No.1 singles match between Emma Gu and Abby Platt was a tight battle as the Midshipmen took set one in extra points 7-5 and the Bison took set two 6-3 to force it to a set three where Gu eventually took the win.

Bucknell at a Glance

Mirra Manolov leads the Bison in overall singles wins with 13 dual singles wins with seven across courts two, four, five and six.
The doubles team of Abby Platt and Riley Jennings lead the team in overall doubles wins with 11 overall on court one.
The doubles teams of Cameron King and Natalie Devraj as well as Platt and Jennings lead the Bison in dual doubles wins with eight apiece.
Abby Platt earned Patriot League Women's Tennis Player of the Week (3/3) after going 5-1 overall in No. 1 singles and doubles play against Army, Duquesne and Michigan State.
Most recently, Bucknell went 0-2 against Loyola (4-3) and Navy (7-0) with both matches taking place on the road.
So far this spring season, the Bison have defeated Saint Joseph's, Mount St. Mary's, Merrimack, Duquesne, Chaminade and Mercyhurst. Bucknell has fallen to Boston U., Temple, Army, Michigan State, Saint Francis, Villanova, University of Hawaii, Navy and Loyola (Md.).
In the fall, at the ITA Conference Masters Championship, Abby Platt made it to the quarterfinal round, Riley Jennings was eliminated in the round-of-16 and the doubles group of Platt and Jennings lost in their quarterfinals match.
Bucknell played in one dual match in the fall with the Bison coming out on top of Millersville 5-2, winning all doubles matches and four-of-six singles matches.
The Bison played three tournaments in the fall, one at home and two on the road. Bucknell tested out doubles teams in the fall tournaments in order to finalize the groups heading into the spring season.
Bucknell women's tennis ended the 2024-25 season with a heartbreaking 4-3 loss in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League Championships to Lehigh.
The team landed two players on the 2025 All-Patriot League squad; Whitney King earned a first-team nod and Abby Platt earned second-team honors.
Heading into the 2025-26 season, the Bison had to restructure their lineup after losing three integral players to graduation in Whitney King, Anna Lajos and Caroline Marcus, who were all in the lineup last season.
Seniors Abby Platt and Mirra Manolov have been named captains for the 2025-26 season.
Outside of Platt earning Second Team All-Patriot League last season, she has also found her way onto the record book ahead of her senior season. The Texas native currently ranks 11th in Bucknell history for career doubles victories (60), is tied for 27th in career singles victories (45), ranks 19th in career combined victories (105) and is tied for 10th in single-season doubles victories (22). Last season, Platt went 10-15 in the second spot for singles play. Platt and King were doubles partners and went 18-8 in the one spot. Platt has been doubles partners with King since she first arrived as a freshman in 2022 and will now be looking for a new partner to finish out her career.
The Bison welcomed a freshman class of three this fall; Summer Even-Esh, Katherine Purpura and Mariana Shulman.

Lehigh at a Glance

The Mountain Hawks enter the conference match 4-11 overall and 0-1 in the Patriot League.
In its last time out, Lehigh fell to Navy 7-0 in its first match of Patriot League play. The match began with Navy claiming the doubles point thanks to wins on all three courts. In singles play, Maggie Forkner won the first set on court No. 1 against Emma Gu, but Gu came back to win the second set and then claimed the third-set tiebreaker to take the match. Navy swept the remaining singles matches on courts 2-6 in straight sets to win the match, 7-0.
Maggie Forkner leads the Mountain Hawks in singles victories with eight on court one.
The doubles team of Harrington and Yonehara lead Lehigh in overall doubles wins with six across courts two and three.

Up Next

Bucknell will begin its end of season three-match homestand before it hosts the Patriot League playoffs on the Varsity Tennis Courts in mid-April. First up for the Bison in the home-stretch are Colgate on Saturday, April 4 at 11 a.m.