BRADENTON, Fla. – The Colgate women's tennis team battled hard Tuesday but came up short in a 7-0 loss to the UConn Huskies at IMG Academy in the second match of the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break Trip.
 
Tuesday marked Colgate's first full match during the spring break trip following Monday's suspended match due to rain.
 
The Huskies took all three doubles matches but the Raiders put up a fight at No. 2 singles from Kelly Klein (Ross, California) and Cheyenne Brown (Dayton, New Jersey).
 
In singles play, MacKenzie Deeter (Wadsworth, Ohio) won three games in each set but came up short. UConn took all six singles matches in straight sets.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Pletnyeva/Fitz-Randolph (UConn) def. Deeter/Williams ('Gate): 6-2
No. 2 – Walker/Zaki (UConn) def. Klein/Brown ('Gate): 6-4
No. 3 – Lazaro/Perrotta (UConn) def. O'Brien/Bartimer ('Gate): 6-3
 
SINGLES:
No. 1 – Pletnyeva (UConn) def. Deeter ('Gate): 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – Walker (UConn) def. O'Brien ('Gate): 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 – Fitz-Randolph (UConn) def. Williams ('Gate): 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 – Zaki (UConn) def. Klein ('Gate): 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 – Chung (UConn) def. Brown ('Gate): 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 – Kozyi (UConn) def. Simek ('Gate): 6-0, 6-0
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"Tough loss for the ladies today. UConn is a big-time program with big-time players but we fought hard until the end. The doubles matches stood out to me as we battled them at #1 and #2. We had some competitive singles sets but overall UConn was far too deep, talented and strong. We look forward to Quinnipiac Thursday."
 
UP NEXT
After a day off, the Raiders wrap up the Michael Schonbraun '96 Spring Break Trip Thursday morning against the Quinnipiac Bobcats at 10 a.m. at IMG Academy.