Farrell wins in singles and doubles but Lehigh falls at Bethune-Cookman
3/14/2013 1:15:00 AM | Women's Tennis
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Lehigh women's tennis team closed out its spring break trip to Florida with a 5-2 loss to Bethune-Cookman Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Abby Farrell was a winner in both singles and doubles but the Wildcats won two of three doubles matches plus four singles matches to earn the win, dropping the Mountain Hawks to 2-9 on the season.
In singles play Farrell posted a 6-4, 6-0 win over Ifill to get Lehigh on the scoreboard. Bethune-Cookman posted convincing wins at the bottom three singles flights and also picked up a win at No. 1 singles where Shereen Peterson-Paul won 7-6, 6-2 over Bilimoria. Lehigh's second point came from sophomore Emily Bruch, who won a third set ten point tiebreak 10-8 to defeat Valentina Beresiarte at No. 3 singles.
The Mountain Hawks will now return home to face Saint Joseph's, Tuesday March 19 at 2:30 p.m. inside the Lewis Tennis Center.
Bethune-Cookman 5, Lehigh 2
Doubles
1. Bilimoria/Farrell (LU) def. Ifill/Dimitrova (BCU) 8-1
2. Chinchilla/Kajiwara (BCU) def. Hampshire/Kaminetsky (LU) 8-0
3. Peterson-Paul/Beresiarte (BCU) def. Bruch/Sloand (LU) 8-4
Singles
1. Shereen Peterson-Paul (BCU) def. Jenai Bilimoria (LU) 7-6 (5), 6-2
2. Abby Farrell (LU) def. Ancia Ifill (BCU) 6-4, 6-0
3. Emily Bruch (LU) def. Valentina Beresiarte (BCU) 7-6, 6-7, 10-8
4. Gaby Chinchilla (BCU) def. Molly Brooks (LU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Maria Dimitrova (BCU) def. Jill Sloand (LU) 6-1, 6-0
6. Victoria Galyaeva (BCU) def. Marian Prim (LU) 6-3, 6-1
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