Michigan State University
Northwestern
Women's Tennis Shut Out by Northwestern
2/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 27, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The MSU women's tennis team dropped its second Big Ten dual match of the weekend Sunday afternoon, suffering a 7-0 shutout at the hands of Northwestern. The Spartans fall to 1-6 overall on the season, 0-2 in the Big Ten, while the Wildcats improve to 9-1, 2-0.
The Wildcats won all nine matches on the afternoon, including a default by MSU at No. 3 doubles.
Junior Natasha Skogerboe (Coon Rapids, Minn.) played the closest match of the afternoon for the Spartans, falling 6-4, 6-2 to NU's Colleen Cheng at No. 3 doubles.
MSU is now off until a March 9 trip to Tallahassee, Fla. to take on Florida A&M at 1 p.m.
Singles Matches 1. Shannon Duffy (NU) def. Brooke Townsend (MSU) 6-0, 6-5 2. Colleen Cheng (NU) def. Natasha Skogerboe (MSU) 6-4, 6-2 3. Lia Jackson (NU) def. Kelli Hayes (MSU) 6-3, 6-2 4. Marine Piriou (NU)def. Kerry Pastein (MSU) 6-1, 6-0 5. Jennifer Lutgert (NU) def. Joi McQueen (MSU) 4-0, retired 6. Jessica Strickland (NU) def. Kathryn Figenshau (MSU) 6-1, retiredDoubles Matches 1. Piriou/Jackson (NU) def. Townsend/Skogerboe (MSU) 8-2 2. Cheng/Lutgert (MSU) def. Hayes/Pastein (MSU) 8-1 3. Duffy/Weinraub (NU) won by default
