HARTFORD, Conn. -- For the second time this season, the #24 Brandeis women's tennis team dropped a 7-2 decision to #21 Trinity (Conn.) College. The teams previously met in Waltham on April 5.
This time around, sophomore Carley Cooke (San Diego, Calif./Point Loma) avenged a loss to the Bantams' Melita Ferjanic from that previous meeting with a three-set victory, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. The Judges also picked up a point at third doubles, where juniors Allyson Bernstein (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) and Marissa Lazar (Hewlett, N.Y./Lynbrook) were 9-7 winners.
Brandeis also dropped a trio of three-set matches at singles. At No. 2, senior Faith Broderick (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) and Trinity's Hillary Hoyt each won a set by a 6-4 score before Hoyt won six in a row in the third. Bernstein won the first set against Morgan Feldman, 7-5, but lost the next two sets both by 6-1 scores. At No. 6, junior Alexa Katz (Philadelphia, Pa./Abington Friends) fell in a third-set supertiebreaker against Frances Cameron, 6-1, 4-6, 10-8.
Brandeis falls to 7-7 with the loss, while Trinity improves to 9-4. The Judges are off until next Saturday when they travel to Bowdoin College.
#21 Trinity (Conn.) 7, #24 Brandeis 2
Apr 14, 2013 at Hartford, Conn. (Trinity College)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Carley Cooke (BRWTEN) def. Melita Ferjanic (TRIN-CT) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 |
| 2. Hillary Hoyt (TRIN-CT) def. Faith Broderick (BRWTEN) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 |
| 3. Morgan Feldman (TRIN-CT) def. Allyson Bernstein (BRWTEN) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 4. Regan Cherna (TRIN-CT) def. Simone Vandroff (BRWTEN) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 5. Senzo Maphisa (TRIN-CT) def. Roberta Bergstein (BRWTEN) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 6. Frances Cameron (TRIN-CT) def. Alexa Katz (BRWTEN) 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Melita Ferjanic/Hillary Hoyt (TRIN-CT) def. Faith Broderick/Carley Cooke (BRWTEN) 8-3 |
| 2. Morgan Feldman/Senzo Maphisa (TRIN-CT) def. Roberta Bergstein/Simone Vandroff (BRWTEN) 8-1 |
| 3. Marissa Lazar/Allyson Bernstein (BRWTEN) def. Regan Cherna/Elizabeth Gerber (TRIN-CT) 9-7 |
| Match Notes |
| Brandeis 7-7; National ranking #24; Regional ranking #10 |
| Trinity (Conn.) 9-4; National ranking #21; Regional ranking #8 |