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Women's Tennis Falls At Rutgers 5-2
February 17, 2012 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 17, 2012
MANASQUAN, N.J. – Army women’s tennis’ winning streak came to a halt on Friday afternoon when regional foe Rutgers scored a 5-2 victory over the Black Knights. Playing at the Atlantic Club in Manasquan, N.J., Army dropped to 6-2 on the season while RU improved to 4-1.
Rutgers narrowly captured the doubles point by prevailing in the decisive No. 3 match. After Nos. 1 and 2 were decided by 8-4 scores with the Scarlet Knights winning at No. 1 and Army’s Erin Colton and Jamila Paul at No. 2, the third match went into a tiebreaker with RU coming away with the point. Army freshman Natalie Allen and sophomore Margaret Iliev fell 9-8 (7-1) to Morgan Ivey and Lindsay Balsamo.
Allen and Iliev dropped to 0-2 on the season while Colton and Paul improved to an Army-best 5-1 as a doubles team this season.
Allen continued to be a bright spot in the Army singles lineup, winning her 15th match of the season. The Army plebe defeated Noor Judeh, 7-5, 7-6 (0), improving her dual match record to a team-best 7-1.
Classmate Elle Taylor was responsible for Army’s other point on the afternoon, defeating Balsamo 6-2, 1-6 (10-5) for her fifth straight victory of the spring. Taylor bumped her season record to 9-3, tying older sister Della Taylor to rank second on the team in season wins.
The Scarlet Knights’ win was their seventh straight over Army, dropping the Black Knights’ all-time record against RU to 5-16.
Army will play two matches tomorrow, with half the squad hosting St. Bonaventure at noon at Lichtenberg Tennis, and the other Black Knights traveling to Amherst, Mass., to face the University of Massachusetts at 12:30 p.m.
Rutgers 5, Army 2
Doubles
No. 1: Holzberg/Petrini (R) def. Taylor/Taylor (A), 8-4
No. 2: Colton/Paul (A) def. Balasa/Judeh (R), 8-4
No. 3: Ivey/Balsamo (R) def. Iliev/Allen (A), 9-8 (7-1)
Singles
No. 1: Jennifer Holzberg (R) def. Erin Colton (A), 7-5, 6-1
No. 2: Morgan Ivey (R) def. Jamila Paul (A), 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: Vanessa Petrini (R) def. Margaret Iliev (A), 6-4, 6-3
No. 4: Stefania Balasa (R) def. Della Taylor (A), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5: Natalie Allen (A) def. Noor Judeh (R), 7-5, 7-6 (0)
No. 6: Elle Taylor (A) def. Lindsay Balsamo (R), 6-2, 1-6 (10-5)
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