Women’s tennis drops second straight

Women’s tennis drops second straight

By Angelique Fiske, QBSN Publishing Editor

The women’s tennis team dropped its second straight outing with a 6-1 loss against the University of Massachusetts Sunday afternoon.  The Bobcats drop to 7-11 with only one regular season match left to play against Fairfield on Tuesday.

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In spite of two singles matches going into three sets, the Bobcats could only pull away with one win in the singles action.  Rachel Cantor (Short Hills, N.J.) defeated Yuliana Motyl in two sets in the No. 1 spot.  Cantor’s personal win puts her at 9-12 overall this season.

Freshmen standouts Michelle Dassa (Marlboro, N.J.) and Jacqueline Raynor (Garden City, N.Y.) both came close to capturing wins in the singles round, forcing tie breakers to decide the third set.  Neither would walk away one win richer, however.   

Cantor and partner Sarah Viebrok (Carmel, N.Y.) also continued their dominance in the doubles round with the only other Bobcat victory of the day.  The duo used to soaring over the competition boosted their record to 11-2 with the win over Motyl and Jocelyn Providence.  The other two Bobcat pairs could not follow suit. Dassa and Raynor gave way to Sonia Bokhari and Chanel Glasper in the No. 2 spot, and Lavinia Cristescu (West Hartford, Conn.) and Ariana Launie (Milton, Mass.) fell to Hazuki Onaga and Jessica Podlofsky in the No. 3 slot.

With their final match coming up, the Bobcats strive to end their short skid and head into the NEC Championships on a high note and as a threat to the rest of the conference.