Lehigh University Athletics
Lehigh falls to American in league opener
9/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Washington DC – Lehigh dropped a 5-2 decision to American Sunday in its Patriot League opener. With the loss the Mountain Hawks fall to 8-4 overall, 0-1 in the Patriot League.
Lehigh got out of the gates slow on Sunday, falling in all three doubles matches. The tandems of Kristen Nowicki/Kristen Mulstay, Jamie Fass/Andrea Scott, and Alina Kors/Maria Anorga fell 9-7, 8-1, and 8-6 respectively.
In singles action, the Mountain Hawks managed wins at first and sixth singles. In first singles, Nowicki moved to 11-0 on the season as American’s Katarina Kollarova retired with a wrist injury, while Kors earned a 7-5, 6-1 win over Brandi Klingman.
Lehigh returns to action on Tuesday at Villanova. Match time is 2:30.
Match-Up (Doubles) | Result |
Kollarova/Georgieva (AU) def. Nowicki/Mulstay (Lehigh) | 9-7 |
Mikhailova/Zerkalova (AU) def. Fass/Scott (Lehigh) | 8-1 |
Retlev/Klingman (AU) def. Kors/Anorga (Lehigh) | 8-6 |
Match-Up (Singles) | Result |
Nowicki (Lehigh) def. Kollarova (AU) | 6-4, 3-0* |
Zerkalova (AU) def. Fass (Lehigh) | 6-3, 6-1 |
Georgieva (AU) def. Anorga (Lehigh) | 6-1, 6-1 |
Mikhailova (AU) def. Scott (Lehigh) | 6-0, 6-1 |
Retlev (AU) def. Mulstay (Lehigh) | 6-4, 6-1 |
Kors (Lehigh) def. Klingman (AU) | 7-5, 6-1 |
* Retired due to wrist injury | |
