March 25, 2013

EASTON, Pa. - The Leopards women's tennis team lost at Army on Saturday afternoon, 7-0 in West Point, N.Y. Lafayette dropped to 2-4 for the season.

Freshman Caroline Nixon was defeated at first singles, 6-0, 6-0, while sophomore Jordyn Spellberg fell at second singles, 6-3, 6-0. Sophomore Amanda Kusnierz and freshman Catherine Senopoulos lost at No. 3 and No. 4 singles and juniors Lucy Bass and Liza Blank each dropped their matches at fifth and sixth singles.

Nixon and Kusnierz fell, 8-3, in their first doubles match. Bass and Blank teamed up at second doubles, but were defeated, 8-0, while Senopoulos and Alison Dally dropped their third singles match, 8-2.

Lafayette stays on the road Tuesday March 26 when they play Belmont Abbey in Belmont, N.C. at 2 p.m.

Singles
1. Jamila Paul (Army) Def. Caroline Nixon (LC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Carolyn Pitman (Army) Def. Jordyn Spellberg (LC) 6-3, 6-0
3. Margaret Iliev (Army) Def. Amanda Kusnierz (LC) 6-2, 6-1
4. Gabby Spindler (Army) Def. Catherine Senopoulos (LC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Larraine Saavedra (Army) Def. Lucy Bass (LC) 6-1, 6-0
6. Alyssa Hanson (Army) Def. Liza Blank (LC) 6-4, 6-0

Doubles
1. Erin Colton/Paul (Army) Def. Nixon/Kusnierz (LC) 8-3
2. Pitman/Iliev (Army) Def. Bass/Blank (LC) 8-3
3. Saavedra/Spindler (Army) Def. Senopoulos/Alison Dally (LC) 8-3