Terriers Defeat Columbia For Third Win In Spring Season
February 8, 2004 | Women's Tennis
BOSTON - The Terrier women's tennis team maintained its winning ways this spring with a 6-1 win over Columbia University on Sunday, Feb. 8, at the Track and Tennis Center.
The victory gave the Terriers a weekend sweep of their two matches, as they blanked Binghamton, 7-0, on Saturday. What's more, B.U. remained undefeated this spring as it is now 3-0.
The Terriers opened the match with an impressive showing in their three doubles matches as they won all three to come away with the match point. At number one, senior captain Lindsey Dynof (Colts Neck, NJ) and sophomore Aimee Charest (Somerset, NJ) defeated the Lions' Milena Kachar and Eunice Chao, 8-5. At number two, senior Elena deMendoza and freshman Erin Katims (Boca Raton, FL) bested Lucia Aniello and Kendall Murphy, 8-3. Finally, sophomore Laura Ahmes (Sarasota, FL) and senior Elisa Glas (Irun, Spain) outlasted Melissa Nguyen and Miriam Rahali, 8-4.
In singles, B.U. captured five of the six matches and did so in straight sets.
Dynof eliminated Kachar, 6-2, 6-1, at number one, while Katims posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over Rahali at number three. Glas and Ahmes played very well at numbers four and five, respectively. Glas defeated Chao, 6-1, 6-2, while Ahmes lost just two games in defeating Murphy, 6-1, 6-1. The Terriers' final point in singles came at number six where Charest defeated Anna Varnay, 6-4, 6-1.
The only loss of the afternoon came at number two singles where deMendoza lost a tough, hard-fought match to Nguyen, 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.
