Jan. 23, 2010

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Bucknell women’s tennis team opened its spring season Saturday at Penn State and lost to the Nittany Lions by a 6-1 margin. Carlin Calcaterra (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) earned the lone point for the Bison with a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 6 singles.

Calcaterra, a senior who was 3-6 in singles competition during the fall, defeated Penn State freshman Stephanie Tarle. At the time their match ended, the Bison trailed 5-0 in the team score.

Penn State (1-0) captured the doubles point, winning all two of the three matches. Bucknell's victory came at No. 3 doubles where Daria Tuzhikova (Minsk, Belarus/Gymnasium No. 7) and Dumitrita Iepuras (Chisinau, Moldova/Germantown Friends School) won by an 8-3 margin. The Bison also challenged at No. 1, where Tania Varela (Quito, Ecuador/Alliance Academy) and Lauren Lucido (Woodstock, Md./St. Paul’s School for Girls) lost 8-5 to Sarah Lotto and Lauren McCarthy.

Varela registered the closest singles match, dropping a 6-0, 6-7(5); 10-3, decision to McCarthy at No. 1. Varela trailed 2-1, 3-2, 4-3 and 5-4 during the second set, and eventually took a 6-5 lead and claimed the victory after McCarthy tied it up at 6-6. However, in the tiebreaker, McCarthy upended Varela 10-3 to conclude both the individual match and the overall match.

No other Bison player won a set, and Lucido was forced to retire due to injury in the first set of her match at No. 2.

Bucknell (0-1) will return to action next weekend at the three-day Cornell Invitational in Ithaca, N.Y.

Penn State 6, Bucknell 1
Doubles:
1. Lotto/McCarthy (PSU) def. Varela/Lucido (Bucknell), 8-5
2. Henderson/Stracar (PSU) def. Dwojewski/Calcaterra, 8-4
3. Tuzhikova/Iepuras (Bucknell) def. Prishlyak/Henderson, 8-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles:
1. Lauren McCarthy (PSU) def. Tania Varela (Bucknell), 6-0, 6-7(5), 10-3
2. Sarah Lotto (PSU) def. Lauren Lucido (Bucknell), 4-1 (retired)
3. Maria Prishlyak (PSU) def. Dumitrita Iepuras (Bucknell), 6-2, 6-1
4. Sarah Henderson (PSU) def. Dara Dwojewski (Bucknell), 6-1, 6-1
5. Michaela Stracar (PSU) def. Lauren Rottkamp (Bucknell), 6-0, 6-2
6. Carlin Calcaterra (Bucknell) def. Stephanie Tarle (PSU), 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 1

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