LEWISBURG, PA -- The University of Delaware women’s tennis team posted a 5-2 victory at Bucknell while the Blue Hen men fell to the Bison, 4-3, Tuesday afternoon as both teams closed out their 2005-06 regular seasons.
The Delaware women improved to 10-7 on the year and won their sixth match in the last seven, while Bucknell fell to 9-12 on the season. Susan Pollack defeated Chelsea Mills 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles for the Blue Hens as she improved to 17-7 on the year, while Liz Perlow (right) became the 15th player in school history to win 40 career matches after her 6-1, 4-6, 10-4 win over Ashley Globerman at No. 3.
Sari Shuster posted a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Caitlin Baffa at No. 4 as she improved to 47-29 in her career, while Alexa Dragonette improved to 21-13 after a 6-4, 6-0 triumph over JoAnna Grossman at No. 5. Brittany Barsky won her seventh straight match raised her record to 18-3 on the season with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Camille Simonetti at No. 6. Paulina Gamboa was Bucknell’s lone singles winner as she posted a 6-4, 6-3 win over Amanda Campbell at No. 2.
Pollack and Campbell extended their school single-season doubles wins record by improving to 22-6 with an 8-0 shutout of Gamboa and Tiffany Card at No. 1. However Mills and Baffa defeated Dragonette and Barsky, 8-5, at No. 2 while Grossman and Globerman downed Shuster and Julie Schiller, 8-6, at No. 3 at the Bison took the doubles point.
The Delaware men dropped to 8-8 on the season, while Bucknell improved to 7-13 on the year. Jon Schwartz edged Ben Young 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (6) at No. 5 singles as he improved to 13-5 on the year and 21-8 in his career, while Josh Levine improved to 10-7 this season with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Sidharth Makkar at No. 6.
Ira Beibeisen defeated Jesse Carl 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 singles for the Bison, while Asher Salam downed Nolan Greenberg 6-4, 6-0 at No. 2. Ryan Sandburg topped Adam Liebman 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3, while Jonathan Brenner posted a 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 victory over Josh Ditman at No. 4.
Carl and Greenberg recorded an 8-6 win over Reibeisen and Salam at No. 1 doubles for the Blue Hens, while Jason Hanschmann and Philip Wayne improved to 8-3 after a 9-7 victory over Sandburg and Brenner at No. 2. Schwartz and Levine upped their record to 8-6 on the year as the duo defeated Young and Daniel Beknarek, 8-4, at No. 3 to complete the doubles sweep for Delaware.
Delaware def. Bucknell, 5-2
Singles: No. 1: Susan Pollack, UD, def. Chelsea Mills, BU, 6-1, 6-3; No. 2: Paulina Gamboa, BU, def. Amanda Campbell, UD, 6-4, 6-3; No. 3: Liz Perlow, UD, def. Ashley Globerman, BU, 6-1, 4-6, 10-4; No. 4: Sari Shuster, UD, def. Caitlin Baffa, BU, 6-2, 6-0; No. 5: Alexa Dragonette, UD, def. JoAnna Grossman, BU, 6-4, 6-0; No. 6: Brittany Barsky, UD, def. Camille Simonetti, BU, 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: No. 1: Pollack/Campbell, UD, def. Gamboa/Tiffany Card, BU, 8-0; No. 2: Mills/Baffa, BU, def. Dragonette/Barsky, UD, 8-5; No. 3: Grossman/Globerman, BU, def. Shuster/Julie Schiller, UD, 8-6.
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