Lehigh University
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Women open Patriot League play with win over American
3/27/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The match started well for the Mountain Hawks, who took two of the three doubles sets to go up 1-0. Top doubles team Kristen Nowicki and Rachel Samson held off a tough challenge by American’s Kristina Georgieva and Katarina Kollarova, beating them 8-6. Maria Anorga and Lindsay Long won the other set 8-3 for Lehigh, beating Ashley Rettev and Kirsten Wegel.
In singles, Nowicki took a straight set victory 6-1, 7-5 over Georgieva to keep Lehigh in the lead. Three other Lehigh players were winners, including Starr Foster in the sixth flight who breezed to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Rachael Honig. Anorga and Gwen Dwyer were also winners, as Anorga dispatched Retlev 6-4, 6-2 and Dywer won in the third flight match 6-4 7-6(4) over Sasha Zerkalova.
With the victory, Lehigh improves to 11-2 on the season, 1-0 in the Patriot League.
The Mountain Hawks are back in action on Thursday, April 1, as they welcome archrival
Lehigh vs. American – Doubles
1. Nowicki/Samson, Lehigh | Georgieva/Kollarova, AU | Lehigh, 8-6 |
2. Dwyer/Foster, LU | Zerkalova/Colarusso, AU | American 8-3 |
3. Anorga/Long, LU | Retlev/Wegel, AU | Lehigh, 8-3 |
Lehigh vs. American – Singles
1. Nowicki, Lehigh | Georgieva, AU | Nowicki, 6-1 7-5 |
2. Samson, Lehigh | Kollarova, AU | Kollarova, 6-4 6-0 |
3. Dwyer, Lehigh | Zerkalova, AU | Dwyer, 6-4 7-6 (4) |
4. Anorga, Lehigh | Retlev, AU | Anorga, 6-4 6-2 |
5. Long, Lehigh | Colarusso, AU | Colarusso, 6-3 6-3 |
6. Foster, Lehigh | Honig, AU | Foster, 6-1 6-1 |
