BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Colgate women's tennis team defeated Merrimack 4-1 at the Binghamton Tennis Club on Friday afternoon.
 
Addie Eklund and Jordan Ben-Shmuel picked up a win at No. 1 doubles but the Warriors took the other two matches to earn the point.
 
Colgate had a strong start to singles play with Eklund and Emme Levenson earning wins at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Katerina Atallah (No. 5) and Maddie Sullivan (No. 6) then finished it off for the Raiders as they took the advantage in singles.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
 
"After dropping the dubs point, we stormed through the singles with a vengeance with Addie, Emme, Kat and newcomer Maddie rolling in straight sets. This brings us to 8 and 6 and we have waited a year for Lehigh Sunday, let's go."
 
 UP NEXT
Colgate is back in action on Sunday when it resumes conference play at Lehigh at 10 a.m. 

Singles Results
1. Addie Eklund (COLGATE) def. Kristina Calistro (MERR) 6-1, 6-4,
2. Emme Levenson (COLGATE) def. Ally Nerf (MERR) 6-3, 6-2
3. Jordan Ben-Shmuel (COLGATE) and Dhzastina Mikhnova (MERR) – Did not finish
4.  Rebecca Wolf (COLGATE) and Rosemary Campanella (MERR) – Did not finish
5. Katerina Atallah (COLGATE) def. Niki Tuffanelli (MERR) 6-2, 6-1
6. Maddie Sullivan (COLGATE) def. Mika Campana (MERR) 6-2,6-1

Doubles Results
1. Eklund/Ben-Shmuel (COLGATE) def. Calistro/Nerf (MERR) 6-3
2. Campanella/Mikhnova (MERR) def. Levenson/Wolf (COLGATE) 6-3
3.  Tuffanelli/Campana (MERR) def. Atallah/Sullivan (COLGATE) 6-3