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Women's Tennis

Bulldogs sweep through doubles against Bluefield State; Record 6-1 win over Big Blues

by Doug Page

 

BLACKSBURG, VA. The Barton College Bulldogs swept through doubles action en route to earning a 6-1 victory against the Bluefield State College Big Blues on Wednesday at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in non-conference women's tennis action.

Barton (3-6) received a pair of 8-0 victories in doubles play from the pairings of junior Vanessa Sanoja and freshman Ada Vargas at the No. 2 position as well as freshman Claudia Capellades and junior Whitney Hamilton at the No. 3 position.

The top tandem for the Bulldogs tallied an 8-3 victory against the Big Blues (0-11) as junior Daria Avram and sophomore Marissa Stevenson bested Milica Knezevic and Sophie Bygrave to give BC a 3-0 lead heading into singles play.

Avram would quickly win her match at the No. 1 spot with a 6-0, 6-0 finish against Bluefield State's Milica Kmjaja. Vargas would be victorious at the No. 4 spot for Barton with a pair of 6-1 victories against Kelsi Browning.

Barton needed three sets to take the No. 3 matchup against the Big Blues as Sanoja dropped the opening set 6-4 against Knezevic but responded by notching 7-5 and 10-6 decision to secure the victory.

Bygrave recorded a victory for Bluefield State at the No. 3 position against Barton's Stevenson. Stevenson rallied to knot the match 1-1 after recording a 6-1 win the second set. Bygrave outlasted Stevenson in the decisive set with a 10-8 score.

Barton returns home to open a three-game homestand starting with Mercyhurst University on Thursday at 2 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Daria Avram

Daria Avram

5' 6"
Junior
Claudia Capellades

Claudia Capellades

5' 8"
Freshman
Whitney Hamilton

Whitney Hamilton

5' 4"
Junior
Vanessa Sanoja

Vanessa Sanoja

5' 4"
Junior
Marissa Stevenson

Marissa Stevenson

5' 3"
Sophomore
Ada Vargas

Ada Vargas

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Daria Avram

Daria Avram

5' 6"
Junior
Claudia Capellades

Claudia Capellades

5' 8"
Freshman
Whitney Hamilton

Whitney Hamilton

5' 4"
Junior
Vanessa Sanoja

Vanessa Sanoja

5' 4"
Junior
Marissa Stevenson

Marissa Stevenson

5' 3"
Sophomore
Ada Vargas

Ada Vargas

Freshman

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