Gophers Trip Up Cardinals, Move Up in Landmark
TOWSON, Md. – Winning five of the six singles matches more than put Goucher over the top against Catholic today. It provided head coach Sally Baum's Gophers with a 7-2 triumph over the Cardinals – their first victory in the all-time series between the two rivals since 2005.
Goucher's First Victory in Rivalry with Catholic Since 2005
TOWSON, Md. – Winning five of the six singles matches more
than put Goucher over the top against Catholic today. It provided
head coach Sally Baum's Gophers with a 7-2 triumph over the
Cardinals – their first victory in the all-time series
between the two rivals since 2005.
In addition, the win elevated the Gophers into a tie with Scranton for third place in the Landmark Conference.
Joan Pulupa (Gaithersburg, Md./Richard Montgomery) and Chloe Scott-Giry (Amagansett, N.Y./The Ross School) provided the Gophers (10-4, 2-2 Landmark) with one of their two wins in doubles play. They pinned an 8-2 setback on Mary Wargo and Sarah Luffy at No. 2.
At No. 3, Mouna Attarha (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) and Mara Bergman (Summit, N.J./Summit) were 8-6 winners over Allison Tontz and Seda Ambartsumian from Catholic.
Catholic (3-9, 0-5 Landmark) picked up its lone singles win at No. 1 where Rachel Tenuta got by Tanya Cooley (Arlington, Va./Wakefield) 6-2, 6-3. At No. 2, Carly Heinz (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood) defeated Caitlin Dunn 6-2, 6-3.
Attarha turned back Wargo 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3, Pulupa came out on top of Luffy 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4, and Scott-Giry pounded Tontz 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5. At No. 6, Bergman prevailed in a super-tiebreaker to complete a 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (7) victory over Ambartsumian.