Wolverines Drop 4-3 Match to Indiana

Sunday, April 9

Bloomington, Ind.

11:00 AM CT

Michigan

Indiana

4/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- For the second straight day the University of Michigan women's tennis team lost a tight 4-3 match, this time against Indiana at the IU Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon (April 9). The Wolverines (7-9) fell to 1-5 in Big Ten Conference action, while Indiana (12-7) improved to 5-2 in conference play with the victory.

The Hoosiers began the match by taking a 1-0 advantage behind a pair of victories in doubles play. Indiana won matches at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots, while Michigan senior co-captain Danielle Lund (Leominster, Mass./Leominster HS) and junior Szandra Fuzesi (Budapest, Hungary/Balassi Balint Gymnazium) won at the No. 2 spot as Indiana retired from the match due to injury.

Needing four singles wins to claim victory in the match, the Wolverines could manage only three wins. Michigan received victories from senior co-captain Brooke Hart (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson HS), junior Szandra Fuzesi and freshman Joanne Musgrove (LaSalle, Ontario/Sandwich HS). The Wolverines had opportunities to challenge for the victory but freshman Jen Duprez (Westhampton, N.Y./Westhampton Beach HS) and junior Alison Sinclair (Lakeland, Fla./George Jenkins HS) were unable to pull through in their tough, three-set matches.

Michigan returns to the court next Saturday, April 15, against Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. The match will begin at 11 a.m. CDT at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

Following are match-by-match results:

Singles
No. 1 -- Brooke Hart (U-M) d. Jessica Anderson, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 -- Kelly Blanch (IU) d. Danielle Lund, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 -- Szandra Fuzesi (U-M) d. Jessica Levin, 2-1 retired
No. 4 -- Joanne Musgrove (U-M) d. Amanda Field, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Becky Wallihan (IU) d. Jen Duprez, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 -- Zehra Ahamed (IU) d. Alison Sinclair, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 -- Anderson/Blanch (IU) d. Hart/Duprez, 8-5
No. 2 -- Lund/Fuzesi (U-M) d. Levin/Wallihan, 5-6 retired
No. 3 -- Field/Jennifer Hsia (IU) d. Musgrove/Sinclair, 8-5

N O T E S

Brooke Hart's victory at the No. 1 singles spot was her 20th of the season (20-9 overall record). Hart gained the second 20-win season of her career (posted 26 wins as a freshman) and in the process collected her 70th career singles victory (70-55 record). Hart has an 11-5 dual match record at the No. 1 singles spot this season and is 5-1 in Big Ten Conference play.

Danielle Lund had her five-match winning streak stopped by Kelly Blanch at the No. 2 singles slot, losing 6-3, 6-1 today. Lund lost in her bid to collect her 15th singles win of the year (14-7 record) and 10th dual match (9-3 at No. 2).

Szandra Fuzesi evened her season record and collected her 15th singles win with the victory at No. 3. Fuzesi has a 15-15 singles record and is 9-6 in dual match action.

Contact: David Ablauf (734) 763-4423