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The Lehman College women's tennis team (1-1 Overall, 0-1 CUNYAC) picked up its first victory of the 2009 campaign, defeating William Paterson University by a score of 6-3 in a non-conference match played Tuesday afternoon at the APEX Tennis Courts in the Bronx.
The Lightning established momentum early by taking two out of the three doubles matches. At No. 1 doubles, Lehman's reliable combination of Evauna Neville and Aurora Peters turned back the Pioneers' combination of Sonja Pedersen and Lisa Varacallo by a score of 8-4. The Lightning also claimed victory at No. 2 doubles as Gabrela Harewood and Melissa Hemick defeated William Paterson's Heidi Busch and Delnaz Shalforoosh, 8-5. The Pioneers salvaged a doubles match by taking No. 3 set doubles, as William Paterson's Meaghan Crampton and Kimberly Seabeck defeated Lehman's duo of Natalee Smith and Heoe Eun Kwon, 8-4.
When played switched over to singles, the Lightning solidified the match by grabbing four of the six singles sets. Lehman's victories came at No. 1, 2, 3, and 5 set singles. At No. 1 singles, Neville downed Busch 6-4, 6-0. No. 2 singles saw Peters outlast Varacallo in a classic match-up by scores of 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. At No. 3 singles, Harewood silenced Pedersen 6-2, 7-5. Finally, it was Heoe Eun Kwon turning back Stavroula Ploumitsakos 6-2, 6-0.
William Paterson's two victories in singles play came at No. 4 and No. 6 set singles. No. 4 singles saw Shalforoosh of the Pioneers defeat Hemick, 4-6, 5-4, retired, and at No. 6, it was Jacqueline Jesus downing Natalee Smith, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.
Following the match, Lehman College head coach Zack Davis spoke well of his group.
“I feel as though we played well in the Hunter match six days ago, and our performance in that match gave us confidence,” Davis said. “We played a nice balanced match today, and we did a lot of the little things right. It's nice to get that first win under our belts, and now we'll focus on putting forth another quality effort against Manhattanville tomorrow.”
The Lehman College women's tennis team returns to action tomorrow afternoon as the Lightning will battle Manhattanville College, with match-time scheduled for 4:00pm.
