2000 Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship -- Match 9
4/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Championship
Varsity Tennis Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Saturday, April 29 -- Semifinals
| Illinois 1 No. 2 seed | | Northwestern 4 No. 3 seed |
Singles
No. 1 -- Katherine Nasser (NU) vs. Eldina Fazlic (IL) -- abandoned
No. 2 -- Shannon Duffy (NU) d. Simone Kung, 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 -- Brooke Ferney (IL) d. Colleen Cheng, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 -- Lia Jackson (NU) d. Natascha Loebnitz, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 -- Marine Piriou (NU) d. Carla Rosenberg, 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 -- Jennifer Lutgert (NU) vs. Natalia Manasova (IL) -- abandoned
Doubles
No. 1 -- Nasser/Cheng (NU) d. Ferney/Loebnitz, 8-6
No. 2 -- Jackson/Piriou (NU) d. Kung/Michelle Webb, 8-4
No. 3 -- Duffy/Leigh Weinraub (NU) vs. Manasova/Rosenberg (IL) -- abandoned
Match Summary
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Event: Big Ten Conference Women's Tennis Championship (Semifinals)
Score: #17 Northwestern 4, Illinois 1
Records: Northwestern (21-4), Illinois (12-12)
Next Match: Sunday, April 30 -- Northwestern vs. Minnesota, Noon
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Northwestern University women's tennis squad advanced to the Big Ten Championship final with a 4-1 victory on Saturday afternoon (April 29) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The defending Big Ten champion Wildcats (21-4) earned their second straight championship appearance by winning the doubles point and taking three singles matches in straight sets.
Northwestern earned the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, while the match at No. 3 was suspended. Lia Jackson and Marine Piriou gained the first doubles victory for the Wildcats with an 8-4 win against Simone Kung and Michelle Webb at No. 2. Katherine Nasser and Colleen Cheng secured the team point with an 8-6 victory over Brooke Ferney and Natascha Loebnitz at the No. 1 spot. The match at No. 3 was terminated after Northwestern claimed the required doubles wins.
The Wildcats advanced to the finals with victories at No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5. Shannon Duffy posted a 6-1, 6-2 win over Kung at No. 2, Jackson claimed a 6-3, 6-3 victory against Loebnitz at No. 4 and Piriou earned a 6-2, 6-3 win over Carla Rosenberg at No. 5. Ferney scored Illinois' only point in the match with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Cheng at No. 3 singles. The matches at No. 1 and No. 6 were stopped after Northwestern secured the winning margin.
The Wildcats, the event's No. 3 seed, will face No. 4 seed Minnesota in the championship match Sunday at noon. The Golden Gophers upset top seed Ohio State 4-1 in the other semifinal.
