Box Score WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. - The Daemen University women's tennis team fell to Edinboro, 5-2, in intercollegiate women's tennis action Saturday night at Miller Tennis Center.
With the win, Edinboro improved to 1-4 overall this year while Daemen dropped to 10-7 this season.
Looking at doubles at No. 2, the combo of freshman
Stephanie Baier (Boise, Idaho) and
Carly Armitage (Rochester, N.Y.) earned the team leading eighth doubles win of the year with a 6-0 decision over Rafaella de Almeida and Maria Clara Salomao, 6-0. However, the Fighting Scots won on No. 1 and 3 doubles to take an early 1-0 lead.
Moving to singles, graduate student
Frida Rubio (San Diego, Calif.) collected her first win of the spring with a 6-2, 6-4, victory over de Almeida at No. 5 singles. At No. 6 singles, senior
Kitsa Scime (Williamsville, N.Y.) took down Salomao, 6-1, 6-0, for her 48th career singles win. Edinboro swept the remaining matches on singles courts No. 1-4 to secure the 5-2 win.
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 - Cecilia Carayol and Sofia Benito (BORO) def.
Frida Rubio and
Bella Bjerkan (DAE), 6-4
#2 -
Carly Armitage and
Stephanie Baier (DAE) def. Rafaella de Almeida and Maria Clara Salomao (BORO), 6-0
#3 - Luciana Ponce and Lara Sener (BORO) def.
Yinett Del Leon and
Zoe Gietmann (DAE), 6-2
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 - Carayol def. Del Leon, 3-6, 6-1, 10-4
#2 - Ponce def. Armitage, 6-4, 6-2
#3 - Benito def. Bjerkan, 6-1, 6-1
#4 - Sener def. Baier, 6-2, 6-0
#5 - Rubio def. de Almeida, 6-2, 6-4
#6 - Scime def. Salomao, 6-1, 6-0
UP NEXT
The Wildcats will head to St. Lawrence on March 8 for a noon match.
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