April 15, 2013
EASTON, Pa. - The Lafayette women's tennis team suffered back-to-back defeats over the weekend against Navy and at Bucknell. The Leopards finished the regular season 4-9 overall and 0-5 in the Patriot League.
On Saturday, the Mids beat the Leopards, 7-0. At fourth singles, Liza Blank battled Logan Antill, but came away with a 6-1, 6-3 loss. Catherine Senopoulos fell to Darien Sears, 6-0, 6-2 at third singles.
On Sunday afternoon the Bison came away with a 6-1 win over the Leopards. Lafayette's Caroline Nixon won the only point for the Leopards at first singles against Bucknell, beating Elena Vidrascu, 7-6, 6-3. Ally Simels and Alison Dally teamed up to win their third doubles match, 8-5. Nixon and Senopoulos fell in a close match to Vidrascu and Maria Cioffi at first doubles, 8-5.
The Leopards will travel to West Point, N.Y. on April 26 for the Patriot League Tournament.
NAVY 7, LAFAYETTE 0
Doubles
1. Kaufmann / Snook (Navy) d. Nixon / Senopoulos (LC) 8-1
2. Decquir / Droop (Navy) d. Bass / Spellberg (LC) 8-2
3. Antill / Sears (Navy) d. Blank / Kusnierz (LC) 8-1
Singles
1. Emani Decquir (Navy) d. Caroline Nixon (LC) 6-1, 6-0
2. Erin Snook (Navy) d. Amanda Kusnierz (LC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Darien Sears (Navy) d. Catherine Senopoulos (LC) 6-0, 6-2
4. Logan Antill (Navy) d. Liza Blank (LC) 6-1, 6-3
5. Stefanie Ton (Navy) d. Lucy Bass (LC) 6-1, 6-0
6. Katie Porter (Navy) d. Ally Simels (LC) 6-1, 6-0
BUCKNELL 6, LAFAYETTE 1
Doubles
1. Maria Cioffi/Elena Vidrascu (BU) def. Caroline Nixon/Catherine Senopoulos (LC), 8-5
2. Sam Madnick/Stephanie Pino (BU) def. Liza Blank/Amanda Kusnierz (LC), 8-2
3. Alison Dally/Ally Simels (LC) def. Kristen Bishof/Claudia Silvers (BU), 8-5
Singles
1. Caroline Nixon (LC) def. Elena Vidrascu (BU), 7-6, 6-3
2. Maria Cioffi (BU) def. Amanda Kusnierz (LC), 6-0, 6-1
3. Jen Bush (BU) def. Catherine Senopoulos (LC), 6-3, 6-4
4. Christie Schneider (BU) def. Liza Blank (LC), 6-1, 6-3
5. Stephanie Pino (BU) def. Lucy Bass (LC), 6-0, 6-1
6. Elizabeth Morgan (BU) def. Ally Simels (LC), 6-2, 6-0
