Senior Nicole Pontee swept her opponent at No. 1
THOUSAND OAKS, CA (March 9, 2010) – The No. 21 nationally-ranked Vassar College women’s tennis team continued its domination in the second stop of its five-match trip to California during Spring Break, defeating California Lutheran University, 9-0, on Tuesday.
With their seventh consecutive win, the Brewers improve to 7-1 and next play Westmont College on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Westmont is ranked No. 17 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Preseason Poll. Vassar, which was ranked No. 21 nationally and No. 6 in the Northeast in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association, faced a Cal Lutheran (5-2) team that is ranked No. 9 in the West region, and had just one loss prior to hosting the Brewers.
After sweeping the doubles play with 8-3 wins at No. 1 and No. 3 and an 8-5 win at No. 2, the Brewers were similarly strong in singles play. Vassar dropped just 16 games in all six singles matches.
Senior No. 1
Nicole Pontee, ranked No. 6 individually in the Northeast, faced another regionally ranked opponent in Cal Lutheran’s Jordan Leckness, the No. 22 player in the West. Pontee easily won the battle with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep. Freshman No. 4
Natalie Santiago also earned a sweep, while freshman
Jennifer Ruther and sophomore
Nicole Block at No. 5 and No. 6 respectively, both recorded 6-2, 6-0 wins.
The closest match of the day came at No. 3 as sophomore
Joy Backer pulled out a close 7-6 win over Holly Beaman in the first set, and then sealed the match with a 6-2 second-set win.
Vassar 9, California Lutheran 0
Doubles
1. Nicole Pontee/Joy Backer (VC) def. Jordan Leckness/Holly Beaman (CLU) 8-3
2. Jennifer Beckerman/Nicole Block (VC) def. Kim Kolibas/Lauren Toohey (CLU) 8-5
3. Natalie Santiago/Alyssa Roush (VC) def. Carly Mouzes/Lacey Gormley (CLU) 8-3
Singles
1. Nicole Pontee (VC) def. Jordan Leckness (CLU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Jennifer Beckerman (VC) def. Kim Kolibas (CLU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Joy Backer (VC) def. Holly Beaman (CLU) 7-6, 6-2
4. Natalie Santiago (VC) def. Lauren Toohey (CLU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Jennifer Ruther (VC) def. Carly Mouzes (CLU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Nicole Block (VC) def. Lacey Gormley (CLU) 6-2, 6-0
Exhibition
7. Elizabeth Anderson (VC) def. Melanie Anderson (CLU), 8-1
8. Melanie Horn (VC) def. Courtney Dahl (VLU), 8-2