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Women's Tennis Dominates Penn State, 6-1
4/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 11, 2010
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State women's tennis team picked up its first Big Ten win of the season after dominating Penn State, 6-1, on Sunday, April 11 at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility. The win brings the Spartans to 7-13 on the season.
"It was great," said head coach Simone Jardim, "We have been looking for the day when we would all come out ready to play and today that happened. We've been fighting hard against all Big Ten opponents and today shows we are getting there. We are getting better."
The Spartans came out strong after picking up the doubles point. Freshman Michaela Silesova (Topolcany, Slavakia) teamed with sophomore Elena Ivanova (Moscow, Russia) to defeat Lauren McCarthy and Denisa Zobeideh, 8-6, at No. 2 doubles. At the No. 3 slot, junior Manon Noe (Liancourt, France) and senior Christine Milliken (Traverse City, Mich.) topped Michaela Stracar and Maria Prishlyak, 8-5.
"We were in control after the doubles point," said Jardim. "This time around we were able to close it out."
Momentum was carried over into singles action as the Green and White earned five of the six matches to dominate their Penn State opponents. Herzog fought back against McCarthy after losing the first set to defeat her, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Junior Whitney Wilson (Evansville, Ind.) posted a win at No. 3 singles over Prishlyak, 7-6 (0), 6-4, while Ivanova picked up her second win of the day over Zobeideh, 6-2, 7-5. Freshman Amy Barton (Brisbane, Australia) defeated Sarah Henderson at the No. 5 spot, 6-2, 6-3, and classmate Renata de Paiva battled at the No. 6 spot to top Stracar, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.
The Spartans hit the road to West Lafayette, Ind. on Sunday, April 18 to take on Purdue. The match is slated to begin at 12 p.m.
MSU-6, PSU-1
Doubles
Lotto/Simidian def. Herzog/Wilson: 9-7
Silesova/Ivanova def. McCarthy/Zobeiden: 8-6
Noe/Milliken def. Stracar/Prishlyak: 8-5
Singles
Amy Simidian def. Michalea Silesova: 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Nicole Herzog def. Lauren McCarthy: 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Whitney Wilson def. Maria Prishlyak: 7-6(0), 6-4
Elena Ivanova def. Denisa Zobeideh, 6-2, 7-5
Amy Barton def. Sarah Henderson: 6-2, 6-3
Renata de Paiva def. Michaela Stracar: 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
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