Freshman Earns Decisive Point for Gophers
ASTON, Pa. – A 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win by sophomore Vickey Casey (Orange, N.J./Chatham Hall) at No. 4 singles provided Goucher with the point that evened the score of today's match against Neumann at 4-4 and then a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) victory by freshman Meaghan Lee (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) at No. 6 earned the point that produced a 5-4 victory for head coach Sally Baum's Gophers.
Freshman Earns Decisive Point for Gopher
Baum's Squad Gets Off to 1-0 Start by Knocking Off Knights
September 9, 2009
ASTON, Pa. – A 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win by sophomore Vickey
Casey (Orange, N.J./Chatham Hall) at No. 4 singles
provided Goucher with the point that evened the score of today's
match against Neumann at 4-4 and then a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) victory
by freshman Meaghan Lee (Potomac, Md./Winston
Churchill) at No. 6 earned the point that produced a 5-4
victory for head coach Sally Baum's Gophers.
Goucher's other two wins during singles competition were by senior Carly Heinz (Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood) at No. 1 and sophomore Mara Bergman (Summit, N.J./Summit) at No. 4. Heinz pinned a 6-3, 6-2 setback on Neumann's Ali DeTolla; Bergman, who went 15-6 in singles play as a freshman last season, recorded a 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 victory over Allison Trout.
The Knights (1-2) led 2-1 at the conclusion of doubles play. Heinz and freshman Marina Sterngold (Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades Charter) secured a point for the Gophers (1-0) with their 8-4 win over Michelle Steward and Jasper Thomson at No. 2.