Rutgers Women's Tennis Falls to Columbia, 6-1
Mar 04 | Women's Tennis
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Rutgers women's tennis dropped a non-conference match-up with Columbia University, 6-1, on Saturday. With the loss, RU drops to 3-5 overall, 1-2 in the BIG EAST.
The Lions swept the doubles competition and in singles, freshman Caitlin Baker (Altoona, Pa.) was the lone winner. At the fourth singles slot, Baker opened up with a 6-4 win in the first set, before dropping the second, 7-6, 7-3 in the tiebreaker. In the third-set replacing tiebreaker, Baker came out with a 10-8 win. The singles victory is Baker's fourth of the season.
Rutgers till play in-state rival Princeton on the road on Wednesday, March 7, at 6:00 p.m. at the Jadwin Gym Courts.
Rutgers 1, Columbia 6
March 3, 2007
Dick Savitt Tennis Center, New York, N.Y.
Doubles
1. Milena Kachar/Carling Donovan (CU) def. Polina Zaretser/Katherine Arlak, 8-3
2. Nina Suda/Sydney Murray (CU) def. Katrina Elder-Bush/Caitlin Baker, 8-4
3. Anna Varnay/Lauren Shearer (CU) def. Christine Tran/Anela Dujsic, 8-4
Columbia wins the doubles point.
Singles
1. Milena Kachar (CU) def. Katrina Elder-Bush, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Sydney Murray (CU) def. Katherine Arlak, 6-3, 6-2
3. Nina Suda (CU) def. Anela Dujsic, 7-5, 6-1
4. Caitlin Baker (RU) def. Carling Donovan, 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 10-8
5. Lauren Shearer (CU) def. Katherine Chen, 6-0, 6-0
6. Anna Varnay (CU) awarded victory
Records: Columbia 3-3, Rutgers 3-5
