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Sunday, January 19
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Drexel
Drexel deals Mountain Hawks 5-2 setback in season opener
1/19/2014 5:09:00 PM | Women's Tennis
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Freshman Cassidy Cruz posted wins in both singles and doubles but Lehigh ran into a tough Drexel squad as the Dragons spoiled Lehigh's season opener with a 5-2 Sunday inside the Lewis Tennis Center. The Dragons won two doubles matches and added four singles wins to defeat the Mountain Hawks in the first spring match for both teams.
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Drexel opened up doubles play with wins at the bottom two flights as Erin Bowsher and Lea Winkler won 6-3 over senior Taylor Hampshire and freshman Jessica Graham at No. 2 and Nicole Pivonka and Fiorella Coria won 6-2 over junior Abby Farrell and freshman Jamie Campisi at the No. 3 flight.
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Lehigh did grab a win at No. 1 doubles as Cruz teamed with senior Jenai Bilimoria to defeat Marcela Rosales and Alex Bell.
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Cruz posted Lehigh's first point with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Bowsher at No. 3 singles, but Drexel answered with wins at No. 1 singles where Pivonka bested Bilimoria and No. 4 singles where Winkler topped Campisi in a battle of freshmen. Coria recorded Drexel's fourth point with a 6-4, 6-2 win over sophomore Ali Kaminetsky at No. 5 singles.
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Farrell delivered Lehigh's second point, winning a lengthy third set super tiebreak 14-12 to defeat Rosales at No. 2 singles. The match at No. 6 singles also came down to a third set tiebreak  with Drexel's Bell prevailing over Graham.
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The Mountain Hawks will return to action on Sunday February 2 when they host Saint Francis (Pa.) at 2 p.m. inside the Lewis Tennis Center.
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Drexel 5, Lehigh 2
Doubles
1. Bilimoria/Cruz (LU) def. Rosales/Bell (DU) 7-5
2. Bowsher/Winkler (DU) def. Hampshire/Graham (LU) 6-3
3. Pivonka/Coria (DU) def. Farrell/Campisi (LU) 6-2
Singles
1. Nicole Pivonka (DU) def. Jenai Bilimoria (LU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Abby Farrell (LU) def. Marcela Rosales (DU) 6-4, 3-6, 14-12
3. Cassidy Cruz (LU) def. Erin Bowsher (DU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Lea Winkler (DU) def. Jamie Campisi (LU) 7-6 (3), 6-2
5. Fiorella Coria (DU) def. Ali Kaminetsky (LU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Alex Bell (DU) def. Jessica Graham (LU) 5-7, 6-3, 7-3
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Drexel opened up doubles play with wins at the bottom two flights as Erin Bowsher and Lea Winkler won 6-3 over senior Taylor Hampshire and freshman Jessica Graham at No. 2 and Nicole Pivonka and Fiorella Coria won 6-2 over junior Abby Farrell and freshman Jamie Campisi at the No. 3 flight.
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Lehigh did grab a win at No. 1 doubles as Cruz teamed with senior Jenai Bilimoria to defeat Marcela Rosales and Alex Bell.
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Cruz posted Lehigh's first point with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Bowsher at No. 3 singles, but Drexel answered with wins at No. 1 singles where Pivonka bested Bilimoria and No. 4 singles where Winkler topped Campisi in a battle of freshmen. Coria recorded Drexel's fourth point with a 6-4, 6-2 win over sophomore Ali Kaminetsky at No. 5 singles.
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Farrell delivered Lehigh's second point, winning a lengthy third set super tiebreak 14-12 to defeat Rosales at No. 2 singles. The match at No. 6 singles also came down to a third set tiebreak  with Drexel's Bell prevailing over Graham.
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The Mountain Hawks will return to action on Sunday February 2 when they host Saint Francis (Pa.) at 2 p.m. inside the Lewis Tennis Center.
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Drexel 5, Lehigh 2
Doubles
1. Bilimoria/Cruz (LU) def. Rosales/Bell (DU) 7-5
2. Bowsher/Winkler (DU) def. Hampshire/Graham (LU) 6-3
3. Pivonka/Coria (DU) def. Farrell/Campisi (LU) 6-2
Singles
1. Nicole Pivonka (DU) def. Jenai Bilimoria (LU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Abby Farrell (LU) def. Marcela Rosales (DU) 6-4, 3-6, 14-12
3. Cassidy Cruz (LU) def. Erin Bowsher (DU) 6-2, 6-0
4. Lea Winkler (DU) def. Jamie Campisi (LU) 7-6 (3), 6-2
5. Fiorella Coria (DU) def. Ali Kaminetsky (LU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Alex Bell (DU) def. Jessica Graham (LU) 5-7, 6-3, 7-3
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