WORCESTER, Mass. – The Colgate women's tennis team picked up its first Patriot League win of the season with a 7-0 victory over Holy Cross.
The Raiders commanded singles play from the start with all six players winning their matches in straight sets. Sophomore
Emme Levenson won at No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-0 and first-year
Sara De Oliveira also won her match 6-1, 6-0.
Sophomore
Rebecca Wolf won her sets in commanding fashion at 6-0, 6-1 and sophomore
Katerina Atallah secured a victory in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.
At No. 5 singles, sophomore
Emily Untermeyer won her sets 6-2, 6-0 and junior
Nicole Condas rounded out singles play for the Raiders as she won both sets 6-1.
Colgate also shined at doubles as the team won all three doubles matches. The duo of Wolf and Untermeyer won 6-2, and Levinson and De Oliveira secured the win with a 6-1 victory. Rounding out doubles play was senior
Callie Bartimer and junior
Elizabeth Laub who won 6-0.
With the win, Colgate is 2-2 overall with a 1-1 conference record.
THE RUNDOWN
Singles
Emme Levenson (Colgate) def. Maddie DeNucci (Holy Cross) 6-1, 6-0
Sara De Oliveira (Colgate) def. Kayta Martin (Holy Cross) 6-1, 6-0
Rebecca Wolf (Colgate) def. Alexandra Smith (Holy Cross) 6-0, 6-1
Katerina Atallah (Colgate) def. Lauren Chilton (Holy Cross) 6-3, 6-1
Emily Untermeyer (Colgate) def. Hanna Beck (Holy Cross) 6-2, 6-0
Nicole Condas (Colgate) def. Meg O'Melveny (Holy Cross) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
Wolf/Untermeyer (Colgate) def. DeNucci/Martin (Holy Cross) 6-2
Levenson/De Oliveira (Colgate) def. Beck/Chilton (Holy Cross) 6-1
Bartimer/Laub (Colgate) def. Smith/O'Melveny (Holy Cross) 6-0
FROM THE SOURCE
On the women's first conference win of the season, head coach Bobby Pennington said, "Great bounce back win for our ladies today. They were so motivated and hungry from the doubles all the way through the singles 1-6. It feels good to get back to 2-2 and 1-1 in the league.
"This is a critical stretch where our next four matches at home and three of them are league matches. We need a strong week of prep and practice to get ready for a quality Lehigh team."
UP NEXT
The Raiders are back in action next Saturday at 2 p.m. against Lehigh in Syracuse, N.Y.
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