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Daemen DAEW (5-8)
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Winner Bloomsburg BLOOMW (4-2)
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Bloomsburg BLOOMW
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Wildcats Fall To Huskies In Spring Opener

HERSHEY, Pa. - The Daemen University women's tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2023-24 schedule with 6-1 loss to Bloomsburg University this evening at the Hershey Tennis Club. Daemen dropped to 5-8 on the year, while the host Huskies improved to 4-2.

Tonight's match was played under NCAA Division I/II scoring rules and the BU claimed the doubles point after winning two of the three matches. Daemen's No. 1 singles team of senior Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) and junior Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) outlasted BU's Lexi Quackenbush and Jen McDonald, 7-6 (7-3) to improve to 9-7 on the year.

Rubio battled Quackenbush at No. 1 singles, but fell 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). Scime posted a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Dasha Nakonecha at No. 2 singles to earn Daemen's lone point in the match.

Daemen returns to Pennsylvania on Wednesday (Feb. 21) to take on Mercyhurst University.

MATCH NOTES
  • The match marked the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
     
  • Scime improved to 12-4 on the season. She ranks fifth among Daemen's all-time leaders in career singles wins (35) and is now 30-11 in her last 41 singles matches dating back to the end of her freshman season.

    DOUBLES RESULTS
    #1 – Frida Rubio & Kitsa Scime (DAE) defeat Lexi Quackenbush & Jen McDonald (BU) 7-6 (7-3)
    #2 – Dasha Nakonecha & Lia-Sophie Steele (BU) defeat Yinett Del Leon & Carly Armitage (DAE), 6-1
    #3 – Alyssa Mazurek & Alese Rinker (BU) defeat Emily Jablonski & Arianna Lysiak (DAE), 6-1

    Order of finish: n/a

    SINGLES RESULTS
    #1 – Quackenbush defeats Rubio, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
    #2 – Scime defeats Nakonecha, 6-4, 6-1
    #3 – Nicole Ilkovic (BU) defeats Del Leon, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
    #4 – Steele defeats Armitage, 6-3, 6-4
    #5 – Mazurek defeats Jablonski, 6-1, 6-4
    #6 – Rinker defeats Lysiak, 6-1, 6-1

    Order of finish: n/a

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