2000 Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship -- Match 5
4/28/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Championship
Varsity Tennis Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Friday, April 28 -- Quarterfinals
| Illinois 4 No. 2 seed | | Purdue 2 No. 7 seed |
Singles
No. 1 -- Jennifer Embry (PU) d. Eldina Fazlic, 6-0, 6-4
No. 2 -- Shannon Taheny (PU) vs. Simone Kung (IL) -- abandoned
No. 3 -- Melissa Igbal (PU) d. Brooke Ferney, 7-6 (3), 6-2
No. 4 -- Natascha Loebnitz (IL) d. Erika Quebe, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Carla Rosenberg (IL) d. Lisa Walgenbach, 7-6 (3), 6-2
No. 6 -- Natalia Manasova (IL) d. Lynsey Fick, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Embry/Taheny (PU) d. Ferney/Loebnitz, 8-5
No. 2 -- Kung/Michelle Webb (IL) d. Igbal/Fick, 9-7
No. 3 -- Manasova/Rosenberg (IL) d. Walgenbach/Quebe, 8-3
Match Summary
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship (Quarterfinals)
Score: Illinois 4, Purdue 2
Records: Illinois (12-11), Purdue (11-13)
Next Match: Saturday, April 29 -- Illinois vs. Northwestern or Indiana, Noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Second-seeded Illinois dispatched No. 7 seed Purdue 4-2 on Friday (April 28) in second-round action at the 2000 Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship. Illinois is the second team to advance to Saturday's semifinal round, joining top seed Ohio State.
Illinois gained a key 1-0 advantage early after taking two of the three doubles matches. After Purdue and Illinois split wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles slots, the crucial doubles point came down to the No. 2 match, in which Illinois' tandem of Simone Kung and Michelle Webb was able to pull out a 9-7 win over Purdue's No. 2 doubles pair.
Purdue quickly knotted the match at one apiece after Jen Embry breezed to a 6-0, 6-4 victory in the No. 1 singles slot. Illinois answered right back at the No. 6 singles position as Natalia Manasova earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory. The two teams again traded singles wins with Melissa Igbal of Purdue winning the No. 3 singles match 7-6 (3), 6-2, while Carla Rosenberg of Illinois took the No. 5 singles match 7-6 (3), 6-2.
With Illinois owning a 3-2 lead, the No. 2 and No. 4 singles matches each went to a third set. A hard-fought match in the No. 2 slot never got a chance to finish because Illinois' Natascha Loebnitz finished off a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 comeback victory in the No. 4 singles slot to give the Fighting Illini the victory.
Illinois advances to the semifinals on Saturday (April 29, noon) to face the winner of the match between No. 3 seed Northwestern and No. 6 Indiana.
