VERONA, N.Y.- The Colgate women's tennis team opened Patriot League play this afternoon against Bucknell University and came away with a 5-2 victory.

Freshmen Jordan Williams (Fort Washington, Maryland) and Lauren O'Brien (Leawood, Kansas) led the way for the Raiders as they both posted wins in doubles and singles.

The duos of Kaelin Brittin (McLean, Virginia)/Williams and O'Brien/ Kirstie Woodbury (Winnetka, Illinois) both won their doubles matches by scores of 7-6 to earn the collective doubles point.

Lauren Hyland (Greenwich, Connecticut) went to three sets against Lauren Fishbein in the No.1 singles flight. She won the first 6-4, dropped the second 5-7 but came back in the third 6-2 to get the victory.

O'Brien also went to three sets in the No.2 singles spot with set scores of 3-6, 6-4, and 6-2 over Michele Urbinati.

Also earning victories in singles were Williams in the No.4 slot with 6-1, 6-1 set wins and Kelly Klein (Ross, California) with an 8-1 win in the sixth singles spot.
 
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 5, Bucknell 2
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Raiders improve to 5-7 on the season overall and 1-0 in the Patriot League, while the Bison shifts to 7-5 overall and 0-1 in conference play.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Fishbein/Urbinati (Bucknell) def. Hyland/Fleckenstein ('Gate): 6-3
No. 2 – Brittin/Williams ('Gate) def. Jouravleva/Bush (Bucknell): 6-1
No. 3 – Woodbury/O'Brien ('Gate) def. Gannon/Parks (Bucknell): 6-1
 
SINGLES
No. 1 – Hyland ('Gate) def. Fishbein (Bucknell): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
No. 2 – O'Brien('Gate) def. Urbinati (Bucknell): 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 – Jouravleva (Bucknell) def. Fleckenstein ('Gate): 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 – Williams ('Gate) def. Melch (Bucknell): 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 – Leavy (Bucknell) def. Brittin ('Gate): 8-5
No. 6 – Klein ('Gate) def. Papich (Bucknell): 8-1
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"In my eleven years at Colgate this is by far one of my proudest moments with our women. Bucknell has beat us three years in a row 7-0. Our ladies have endured some heartbreaking losses and just kept getting tougher and tougher. We know we aren't a 7th place team anymore and have lofty goals and a new regime. So happy for our seniors finally getting a win over Bucknell and game balls to our freshmen for winning both singles and doubles today. Bring on Lehigh and Lafayette!"
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders return to the courts on Saturday, April 1 when they host Lehigh University for a Patriot League matchup at 10 a.m.