Michigan State University
Big Ten Championships
Penn State Defeats Women's Tennis in First Round
4/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 26, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The No. 11-seed Michigan State women's tennis team lost to No. 6 Penn State Thursday (Apr. 26) in the first round of the Big Ten Championships at the Stickney Tennis Center, 4-0.
Penn State swept the doubles competition to take a 1-0 lead into singles play. At the No. 1 position, PSU's Rebecca Ho and Pilar Montgomery defeated freshmen Trine Lise Juliussen (Oslo, Norway) and Caroline Lay (Brisbane, Australia) 8-1.
In singles play, Penn State won three singles matches to take the 4-0 advantage and the win. At the No. 3 position, Judy Wang (PSU) defeated Juliussen 6-3, 6-3. In the No. 5 position Kristen Nowicki posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over junior Christee Chargot (Port Huron, Mich.). LeighAnn Merryman (PSU) defeated freshman Josie Schmude 6-2, 6-0 in the No. 6 spot. The other three singles matches were abandoned.
Penn State moves on to the next round to face No. 3 seed Indiana tomorrow at 2 p.m. The Spartans finish the season 6-16 overall and 0-11 in the Big Ten.
Results Penn State 4, Michigan State 0
Singles1 - Pilar Montgomery (PSU) vs. Caroline Lay (MSU) 6-1, 1-0 abandoned (PSU leading)2 - Rebecca Ho (PSU) vs. Natasha Skogerboe (MSU) 6-3, 4-2 abandoned (PSU leading)3 - Judy Wang (PSU) def. Trine Lise Juliussen (MSU) 6-3, 6-34 - Janelle Perez (PSU) vs. Mollie Hood (MSU) 6-4, 1-0 abandoned (PSU leading)5 - Kristen Nowicki (PSU) def. Christee Chargot (MSU) 6-1, 6-16 - LeighAnn Merryman (PSU) def. Josie Schmude (MSU) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles1 - Montgomery/Ho (PSU) def. Juliussen/Lay (MSU) 8-12 - Wang/Perez (PSU) def. Skogerboe/Hood (MSU) 8-23 - Whiteside/Merryman (PSU) def. McGinnis/Matulewicz (MSU) 8-1
