FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Dan Donohue, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information, 610-606-4666 x. 3725
CEDAR CREST SQUEEZES OUT 5-4 CSAC WIN AT BAPTIST BIBLE
Clarks Summit, PA (October 2, 2010) - On the road at Baptist Bible, Cedar Crest's tennis team just edged out the host Defenders and kept their postseason hopes alive.
Cedar Crest led 2-1 after the doubles matches, but Baptist Bible was able to tie the match at 4-4 with three victories in the singles portion until the Falcons scored the final victory. Cedar Crest senior Amy Dichter (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford) saw her streak of victories at No. 3 singles snapped at seven with a 6-4, 6-1 loss to BBC's Julie Herr. However, Dichter extended her consecutive No. 2 doubles wins to eight, six with senior partner Alex Kuebler (Washington, NJ/Warren Hills), with an 8-6 win over Katie Boger and Sarah Salzmann. Sophomores Cassandra Bejar (Allentown, PA/Wm. Allen) and Nina Colangeli (Bushkill, PA/East Stroudsburg North) have now won six straight at No. 3 doubles.
Cedar Crest has broken the .500 mark with a 5-4 record and are 4-2 in the CSAC. Baptist Bible drops to 5-6 overall and 4-4 in the CSAC.
The Falcons return home for an important CSAC match against Cabrini on Tuesday, October 5th, at 3:30 p.m.
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