WALTHAM, Mass.—The 19
th ranked Skidmore College women's tennis team opened play in the Wellesley Nor'Easter Bowl with a 5-4 win over #24 Brandeis.
The Thoroughbreds (11-2) are seeded fourth in the eight team event and will face top seed and #4 Amherst College in a semifinal match on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Wellesley College.
Skidmore swept the doubles to take a 3-0 lead into singles. The number one team of
Lee Ford and Madeline Benn won 8-3 over Carley Cooke and Simone Vandroff. The number three team of
Melissa Hirsch and
Yumi Karlshoej won 9-7.
Lee Ford and Benn each won three-set singles matches to clinch 5-4 win. Ford beat Allyson Bernstein 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 at number two singles and Benn defeated Roberta Bergstein 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
#19 Skidmore College 5, #24 Brandeis 4
Apr 04, 2014 at Waltham, MA (Brandeis University)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Carley Cooke (BRWTEN) def. Melissa Hirsch (SKIDMORE) 6-2, 6-0 |
| 2. Lee Ford (SKIDMORE) def. Allyson Bernstein (BRWTEN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 |
| 3. Madeline Benn (SKIDMORE) def. Roberta Bergstein (BRWTEN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 |
| 4. Emily Eska (BRWTEN) def. Zoe Valella (SKIDMORE) 6-2, 7-5 |
| 5. Simone Vandroff (BRWTEN) def. Rachel Plevinsky (SKIDMORE) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 6. Alexa Katz (BRWTEN) def. Robyn Baird (SKIDMORE) 6-2, 3-6, 11-9 |
