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ORLANDO, Fla. – The Ithaca College women's tennis team got the ball rolling during its Spring Break trip on Tuesday when it faced Immaculata University in the first of three matches this week at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Campus in Orlando, Florida. The Bombers strong start to the season continued during the opening match of the week, as IC improved to 2-1 on the season with an 8-1 triumph over the Mighty Macs.
Ithaca 8 – Immaculata 1
Doubles
1. Brianna Ruback/Alexandra Dyszewski (IC) def. Morgan Jacob/Annemarie Degnan (IU) | 8-2
2. Caleigh Masterman/Elizabeth Lipscomb (IU) def. Rebecca Andrews/Zoe Davis (IC) | 8-3
3. Sarah Sposito/Sara Steinberg (IC) def. Kelly O'Brien/Jessica Dougherty (IU) | 8-4
Singles
1. Brianna Ruback (IC) def. Caleigh Masterman (IU) | 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
2. Alexandra Dyszewski (IC) def. Morgan Jacob (IU) | 6-2, 6-1
3. Rebecca Andrews (IC) def. Annemarie Degnan (IU) | 6-2, 7-5
4. Zoe Davis (IC) def. Elizabeth Lipscomb (IU) | 6-1, 6-0
5. Sara Steinberg (IC) def. Jessica Dougherty (IU) | 6-1, 6-1
6. Caroline Herz (IC) def. Kelly O'Brien (IU) | 6-2, 6-0
The Bombers set the tone during the early portion of the match, scoring victories in two of the three doubles matchups to take a lead into singles for the second straight match. Senior
Brianna Ruback and sophomore
Alexandra Dyszewski continued to play excellently as IC's top pairing, running away with an 8-2 victory over Immaculata's Morgan Jacob and Annemarie Degnan. Ithaca's other victory came from the third pairing, as first-year
Sarah Sposito and junior
Sara Steinberg also played well off each other in an 8-4 triumph over Kelly O'Brien and Jessica Dougherty.
The lone blemish on the day for the Bombers came in the second-doubles slot. The Mighty Macs received a strong performance from the tandem of Caleigh Masterman and Elizabeth Lipscomb to best IC's rookie duo of
Rebecca Andrews and
Zoe Davis by an 8-3 margin.
The singles session featured some domination by the Bombers, who swept all six tilts. Ithaca's greater lineup depth proved apparent relatively early, as the bottom half of IC's six-woman lineup faced little resistance in capturing the clinching team points.
Zoe Davis won 6-1, 6-0 over Immaculata's Lipscomb in the fourth slot. Steinberg rattled off consecutive 6-1, 6-1 victories to best Dougherty at fifth-singles, while first-year
Caroline Herz put the match away with a 6-2, 6-0 triumph over Kelly O'Brien at sixth-singles.
The top half of the lineup faced a little more challenging tests, but each IC netter emerged with a straight-sets win. The closest battle came in the top-slot; however,
Brianna Ruback remained unbeaten this spring with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 win over Immaculata's Masterman.
Alexandra Dyszewski continued to cruise for IC in the second slot with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Morgan Jacob, while rookie
Rebecca Andrews triumphed 6-2, 7-5 in her third-slot matchup against the Mighty Macs' Annemarie Degnan.
Ithaca will be back in action tomorrow evening, March 11, at 6:00 p.m. when both the IC men's and women's tennis teams battled Dickinson.
