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Women's Tennis Falls in Patriot League Quarterfinals to Army 4-0
4/17/2026 5:08:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell women's tennis' season came to an end on Friday as Army defeated the Bison 4-0 in the Patriot League Quarterfinals.
Bucknell ended the season 10-11 overall and 2-6 in Patriot League play.
Army opened the match by earning the doubles points with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots as Ruckno and Mellynchuck defeated Jaycie Mair and Summer Even Esh 6-3 and Duong and Mathivanan defeated Cameron King and Natalie Devraj 6-3. The No. 1 doubles match went unfinished with Army's Brilliant and Smith leading 5-4 over Abby Platt and Riley Jennings.
The Black Knights then took three straight singles matches to earn a 4-0 win and move on to the semifinals.
Doubles Competition (Order of Finish: 2,3)
- Brilliant/Smith vs Platt/Jennings 5-4 (UF)
- Ruckno/Mellynchuck (Army) def. Mair/Even-Esh (6-3)
- Duong/Mathivanan (Army) def. King/Devraj (6-3)
Singles Competition (Order of Finish: 4,5,3)
- Smith vs Platt 6-4, 3-0 (UF)
- Mathivanan vs Jennings 6-1, 2-4 (UF)
- Sy (Army) def. Allen (6-3, 6-2)
- Ruckno (Army) def. Manolov (6-0, 6-3)
- Samonte (Army) def. Mair (6-1, 6-3)
- Mellynchuck vs Devraj 6-5, 3-2 (UF)
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