The Women's tennis team hosted Bucknell on Friday on a cold blistery day. A combination of the weather and the Bison proved to be too much for the Patriots as they fell 2-4.
The Patriots won the first two points of the match. Ashley Delaney defeated Bush at No. 5 singles,6-2, 6-1, and Esu Erdenebat won against Schneider at No. 4, 6-3, 6-3. The Bison won the next two singles in two sets to even the score. The final matches at No. 1 and 2 singles went to the tiebreker set. Top singles Maya Hicks lost 10-8 in the tiebreaker to Vidrascu and Brittany Pilkington came up on the short end of the score, 10-7.
Mason drops to 5-8 on the season before heading south to play at Mount
St. Mary's on Saturday.
Mason 2, Bucknell 4
Doubles
Did not play
Singles
1. Maya Hicks (Mason) lost to Vidrascu, 6-3, 2-6, 8-10
2. Brittany Pilkington (Mason) lost to Cioffi, 6-3, 3-6, 7-10
3. Kiersten Pappas (Mason) lost to Colvin, 2-6, 6-7 (3)
4. Esu Erdenebat (Mason) defeated Schneider, 6-3, 6-3
5. Ashley Delaney (Mason) defeated Bush, 6-2, 6-1
6. Kate Desiatnikova (Mason) lost to Pino, 3-6, 4-6
Order of finish: 5, 4, 6, 3, 1, 2