Michigan
Iowa
Michigan Falls to Hawkeyes to Close Home Schedule
4/15/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's tennis squad finished its home schedule with a difficult 5-2 loss to Iowa Sunday (April 15) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines (7-10, 2-6 Big Ten) lost the doubles point to the Hawkeyes (10-8, 4-4) and could manage only two singles victories in the match.
Iowa jumped out to a 1-0 advantage by winning two of the three tightly contested doubles matches. The Hawkeyes posted an 8-4 win at No. 3 to get things started and gained the team point as Toni Neykova and Deni Alexandrova posted a 9-7 victory at No. 1. The Wolverines kept Iowa from a doubles sweep as freshmen Kavitha Tipirneni (Galloway, Ohio/Hilliard Darby HS) and Chrissie Nolan (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South HS) collected a 9-7 victory over Megan Kearney and Jody Scheldt at the No. 2 spot.
Iowa claimed four singles victories to win the match, pulling through with three-set victories at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 6, and receiving a straight-set win from Megan Kearney at No. 5. The Wolverines earned their first team point as senior Szandra Fuzesi (Budapest, Hungary/Balassi Balint Gimnazium) tallied a 6-3, 6-2 win against Steffi Hoch at No. 3. Michigan's other victory came at the No. 2 spot, with Nolan posting a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 comeback win against Deni Alexandrova.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- Toni Neykova (IA) d. Kavitha Tipirneni, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
No. 2 -- Chrissie Nolan (U-M) d. Deni Alexandrova, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 -- Szandra Fuzesi (U-M) d. Steffi Hoch, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- Erica Johnson (IA) d. Joanne Musgrove, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 -- Megan Kearney (IA) d. Jen Duprez, 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 -- Jennifer Hodgman (IA) d. Kim Plaushines, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Neykova/Alexandrova (IA) d. Plaushines/Jen Vaughn, 9-7
No. 2 -- Tipirneni/Nolan (U-M) d. Kearney/Jody Scheldt, 9-7
No. 3 -- Johnson/Hoch (IA) d. Fuzesi/Duprez, 8-4
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