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Women's Tennis Falls to Minnesota, 7-0
3/19/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 19, 2000
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State women's tennis team lost, 7-0, to Minnesota Sunday afternoon at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. The defeat drops MSU to 2-7 overall, 0-3 in the Big Ten, while UM improves to 10-3, 3-1.
Minnesota won all nine matches in the dual, including a default at No. 6 singles.
Junior Kelli Hayes (Munster, Ind.) played the best match of the afternoon for Michigan State at No. 3 singles, extending Kim Simonsen to three sets before falling 3-6, 6-4, 2-6.
MSU returns to the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility to host in-state rival Michigan on March 25 at 1 p.m. The Spartans will then hit the road for five consecutive dual matches, beginning with a March 28 trip to Western Michigan.
Singles Matches No. 1 - Sandra Olsen (UM) def. Brooke Townsend (MSU) 6-0, 6-4 No. 2 - Nora Sauska (UM) def. Natasha Skogerboe (UM) 6-1, 6-2 No. 3 - Kim Simonsen (UM) def. Kelli Hayes (MSU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 No. 4 - Amy Thomas (UM) def. Kerri Pastein (MSU) 6-2, 6-0 No. 5 - Michaela Havelkova (UM) def. Kathryn Figenshau (MSU) 6-0, 6-0 No. 6 - Tammy Wang (UM) won by default
Doubles Matches No. 1 - Olsen/Sauska (UM) def. Townsend/Skogerboe (MSU) 8-4 No. 2 - Simonsen/Thomas (UM) def. Hayes/Pastein (MSU) 8-2 No. 3 - Havelkova/Jennifer Howard (UM) def. Figenshau/Mollie Hood (MSU) 8-2
