Ithaca Falls to Bowdoin in NCAAs

5/9/2015 5:14:00 PM

BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Ithaca College women's tennis team had its season come to an end at Bowdoin on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship by a score of 5-0. With the loss, Ithaca finishes 2015 with a 14-9 overall record.

Bowdoin advances to the Round of 16 and will play Middlebury on Sunday.

Ithaca's first doubles team of Haley Kusak and Carly Siegel dropped an 8-1 decision. Allison Vizgaitis and Marni Blumenthal and second doubles lost by a score of 8-2, and third doubles – Alyssa Steinweis and Kelly Fishback were shutout, 8-0.

The Polar Bears secure the match of Ithaca with 6-0 sweeps at fifth and sixth singles.

Bowdoin 5, Ithaca 0
NCAA Division III Second Round
05/09/15 at Brunswick, Maine
(Pickard Courts, Bowdoin College)

Singles competition
1. Joulia Likhanskaia (BOW) vs. Haley Kusak (IC) – 6-2, 1-0 unfinished
2. Tiffany Cheng (BOW) vs. Carly Siegel (IC) – 6-0, 4-1 unfinished
3. Tess Trinka (BOW) vs. Allison Vizgaitis (IC) – 6-2, 2-1 unfinished
4. Kyra Silitch (BOW) vs. Marni Blumenthal (IC) – 6-0, 5-0 unfinished
5. Samantha Stalder (BOW) def. Alyssa Steinweis (IC) – 6-0, 6-0
6. Pilar Giffenig (BOW) def. Kelly Fishback (IC) – 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Joulia Likhanskaia / Tiffany Cheng (BOW) def. Haley Kusak / Carly Siegel (IC) – 8-1
2. Tess Trinka / Kyra Silitch (BOW) def. Allison Vizgaitis / Marni Blumenthal (IC) – 8-2
3. Pilar Giffenig / Emma Chow (BOW) def. Alyssa Steinweis / Kelly Fishback (IC) – 8-0