Lehigh University
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Mountain Hawks roll past American, 6-1
4/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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All three doubles matches were won convincingly. LU’s Starrine Foster and Alexis Jacobi were beaten at first doubles, but the Mountain Hawks battled back as Gwen Dwyer and Ariela Cohen dispatched Merrisa Hollinger and Brandi Kligman 8-1, and then Cessa Murasko-Blank and Lindsay Long defeated Ali Harrison and Alison Schmidt 8-0 to put the Brown and White up 1-0.
Dwyer improved to 3-0 within the Patriot League at first singles with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Julia Colarusso. Cohen was beaten at second singles by Malvina DeLaCanal, but Jacobi, Schwartz, Murasko-Blank and Foster all rolled to straight set victories, as Lehigh won its eighth match of the season.
There is little time for rest for the Mountain Hawks, who return to the court on Sunday morning as they host Colgate at 10:00 am at the
Lehigh 6 American 1
Doubles
1. DeLaCanal/Colarusso (AU) def. Foster/Jacobi (LU) 8-2
2. Dwyer/Cohen (LU) def. Hollinger/Kligman (AU) 8-1
3. Murasko-Blank/Long (LU) def. Harrison/Schmidt (AU) 8-0
Singles
1. Gwen Dwyer (LU) def. Julia Colarusso (AU) 6-3, 7-5
2. Malvina DeLaCanal (AU) def. Ariela Cohen (LU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Alexis Jacobi (LU) def. Ali Harrison (AU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Allie Schwartz (LU) def. Merrisa Hollinger (AU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Cessa Murasko-Blank (LU) def. Brandi Kligman (AU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Starrine Foster (LU) def. Alison Schmidt (AU) 6-2, 6-0
