Michigan State University
Florida International
Women's Tennis Blanked By Florida International
3/6/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 6, 2004
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Michigan State women's tennis team opened its spring break trip in Florida with a 7-0 loss vs. Florida International Saturday. The loss dropped MSU's record to 4-5, while Florida International improved to 3-4.
Michigan State managed just one doubles win, but the match was closer than the score would indicate, as four of the six singles matches went to a third set.
At No. 1 doubles, senior Caroline Lay (Brisbane, Australia) and junior Keri Thompson (Clark Lake, Mich.) earned an 8-5 victory, but the Spartans dropped the doubles point when freshman Sarah Andrews (Darwin, Australia) and sophomore Shelley Brady (Grand Blanc, Mich.) fell at No. 2, 8-4, and freshmen Jessica Baron (Miami, Fla.) and Pascale Schnitzer (Santiago, Chile) lost at No. 3, 8-3.
In singles, MSU had several close calls, including No. 2, where Lay lost to Mei Ly, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. At No. 3, Brady dropped a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 decision to Bruna Discordia, and Schnitzer lost a close match at No. 5 to Shilla D'Armas, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. At No. 6, Baron lost a close third set tiebreaker, 10-8, after winning the first game, 6-3, and dropping the second game, 6-2.
At No. 1, Thompson lost in straight sets to Paula Zabala, 6-1, 6-4, and at No. 4, Andrews fell, 6-3, 6-4, to Desanka Jovanovic.
MSU will return to action Monday when the Spartans face No. 54 Florida State in Tallahassee at noon.
Florida International 7, Michigan State 0Tallahassee, Fla.March 6, 2004
Doubles:1) Lay/Thompson (MSU) def. Discordia/Ly (FIU), 8-52) Jovanovic/Zabala (FIU) def. Andrews/Brady (MSU), 8-43) D'Armas/Suard (FIU) def. Baron/Schnitzer (MSU), 8-3
Singles:1) Paula Zabala (FIU) def. Keri Thompson (MSU), 6-1, 6-42) Mei Ly (FIU) def. Caroline Lay (MSU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-23) Bruna Discordia (FIU) def. Shelley Brady (MSU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-44) Desanka Jovanovic (FIU) def. Sarah Andrews (MSU), 6-3, 6-45) Shilla D'Armas (FIU) def. Pascale Schnitzer (MSU), 6-3, 5-7, 6-46) Christine Suard (FIU) def. Jessica Baron (MSU), 3-6, 6-2 (10-8)
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