March 18, 2004

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Bucknell women's tennis team improved to 8-0 overall and 5-0 on the spring season with two wins on Thursday. The Bison defeated Long Island, 4-3, and won a rescheduled match against Hamilton, 5-2.

Against Long Island, Bucknell lost the doubles point but did win at third doubles, where Samantha Berthod and Rheanna Gaskin beat Annicris Garcia and Xenia Roman Korobochkina, 8-0. Veronica Brown and Tanya Sichko lost to Veronica Apostu-Efremov and Krystina Bachner, 8-5, while Nadezda Curcic and Chelsea Mills fell to Merve Koksal and Ellen Anolin, 8-6 on court two.

Bucknell responded to take four of six singles matches. Though Gaskin lost to Koksal, 7-5, 6-2 on court one, and Sichko fell to Bachner, 6-2, 6-4 at third singles, Brown beat Apostu-Efremov, 6-2, 6-1 at second, Curcic beat Anolin, 6-0, 6-1 at fourth, and Berthod beat Korobochkina, 6-4, 6-0 at sixth. Mills' win over Garcia, 6-0, 6-1 on court five, clinched the match.

The Bison claimed the doubles point to start the afternoon against Hamilton. Mills and Curcic beat Kaitie Donovan and Kate Borne of Hamilton, 8-1, while Gaskin and Berthod beat Brittany Horn and Lindsay Walsh, 8-2 on court two. Rebecca Kral and Kelly Porter lost at third doubles to Allie Pohl and Meghan Rose, 9-8(7).

Bucknell won at second through fifth singles but incurred losses on courts one and six. Brown was a winner on court two over Horn, 6-2, 6-0, while Curcic beat Pohl, 6-1, 6-0 at third singles, Mills was a winner at fourth singles, 6-1, 6-0 over Walsh, and Berthod beat Borne, 6-0, 6-1 at fifth. Gaskin lost to Donovan, 6-1, 6-1 at first singles and Clinton lost to Rose, 6-0, 3-6, (10-7) at sixth singles.

The two matches end the team's Spring Break trip to Florida. Bucknell will travel to Baltimore to face Loyola on Sunday at 9 a.m.

DOUBLES
1) Apostu-Efremov/Bachner (L) def. Brown/Sichko (B),8-5
2) Anolin/Koksal (L) def. Curcic/Mills (B),8-6
3) Berthod/Gaskin (B) def. Garcia/Korobochkina (L),8-5

SINGLES
1) Merve Koksal (L) def. Rheanna Gaskin (B),7-5, 6-2
2) Veronica Brown (B) def. Veronica Apostu-Efremov (L),6-2, 6-1
3) Krystina Bachner (L) def. Tanya Sichko (B),6-2, 6-4
4) Nadezda Curcic (B) def. Ellen Anolin (L),6-0, 6-1
5) Chelsea Mills (B) def. Annicris Garcia (L),6-0, 6-1
6) Samantha Berthod (B) def. Xenia Roman Korobochkina (L),6-4, 6-0

Team Records - Bucknell 7-0. Long Island 10-3.

DOUBLES
1) Curcic/Mills (B) def. Borne/Donovan (H),8-1
2) Berthod/Gaskin (B) def. Horn/Walsh (H),8-2
3) Pohl/Rose (H) def. Rebecca Kral/Porter (B),9-8(7)

SINGLES
1) Kaitie Donovan (H) def. Rheanna Gaskin (B),6-1, ret.
2) Veronica Brown (B) def. Brittany Horn (H),6-2, 6-0
3) Nadezda Curcic (B) def. Allie Pohl (H),6-1, 6-0
4) Chelsea Mills (B) def. Lindsay Walsh (H),6-1, 6-0
5) Samantha Berthod (B) def. Kate Borne (H),6-0, 6-1
6) Meghan Rose (H) def. Renee Clinton (B),6-0, 3-6, (10-7)

Team Records - Bucknell 8-0. Hamilton 4-12.

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