The women's tennis team had a wildly successful weekend at home, winning all three of its matches to even its record at 3-3. On Saturday, the Bears swept Bucknell University 7-0 in the morning, defeating every opponent in straight sets, then came back that afternoon to defeat the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 5-2. Sunday was just as impressive, with Brown romping over Rutgers University, 7-0.
At first singles against Bucknell, Alexa Baggio '09 defeated Paulina Gamboa 6-2, 6-1 and Emily Ellis '10 dismissed Carlin Calcaterra 6-3, 6-2 at second singles. Tanja Vucetic '10 continued Bruno's dominance, outscoring her opponent 6-1, 6-1 at third singles. Kelley Kirkpatrick '08, Brett Finkelstein '09 and Kathrin Sorokko '10 also claimed victories at fourth, fifth and sixth singles, respectively.
The duo of Michelle Pautler '07 and Sara Mansur '09 beat Gamboa and Calcaterra 8-3 at first doubles. Kirkpatrick and Ellis claimed victory at second doubles, and the third doubles team of captain Daisy Ames '07 and Sorokko won as well.
Though UMass put up more of a fight than Bucknell did, Brown still had the last word. Ames claimed the win in first singles against Michele Spiess, overcoming a slow start. She fought back from a 6-2 first set loss, taking the last two sets 7-5, 6-4.
But the Bears dropped their matches at second and third single. Pautler lost to Masha Pozar at number two and Mansur lost to Ellen de Jong in the third position. But No. 4 Ellis, No. 5 Baggio and No. 6 Vucetic rescued the Bears with their wins in singles play.
In doubles, the first and third pairings claimed victory, highlighted by the effort of No. 1 Pautler and Mansur over Spiess and de Jong, 8-2.
The Bears capped off their productive weekend on Sunday against Rutgers, with Ames winning against her opponent at first singles, 6-1, 7-6 (6). Pautler claimed an easy victory over Arlak, 6-1, 6-1 at second singles, and Mansur defeated Anela Dujsic 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at third singles.
In doubles, both the No. 2 duo of Kirkpatrick and Ellis and the No. 3 pair of Ames and Sorokko won their respective matches.
The Bears play host again this weekend, taking on Vanderbilt University on Saturday at 10 a.m. and the University of Virginia on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
