Women's Tennis Undefeated In Singles Play On Day One
09/27/2002 | 12:00:00 | Women's Tennis
Sept. 27, 2002
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Carbondale, Ill. - The women's tennis team went undefeated in singles play after day one of the 2002 Saluki Invitational. Winning six matches against both Chicago State and Eastern Illinois gave the Salukis 12 singles wins on the day.
Each of the six SIU players competing in the invitational (Alejandra Blanco, Maria Blanco, Jessica Knitter, Zuzana Palovic, Kari Stark, and Yasmine Farag) was able to win two matches. Head coach Judy Auld felt the women's team showed some good signs of improvement and skill.
"It was nice to see good results," said Auld. "The young players were able to pull through some tough matches and win."
Sisters, Alejandra and Maria Blanco, were able to bring in the only doubles win of the day. They won a long match against EIU's Becky Brunner and Sarah Freeman, 8-5.
Competition continues tomorrow at the University Courts beginning at 9am.
Singles: SIU vs. CSU
Alejandra Blanco (SIU) #1 def. Roberta Sowell (CSU) #1 (default)
Maria Blanco (SIU) #2 def. Jessie Bates (CSU) #2 (6-4, 6-0)
Jessica Knitter (SIU) #3 def. Christina Vlase (CSU) #3 (6-2, 6-1)
Zuzana Palovic (SIU) #4 def. Colette Hurt (CSU) #4 (6-2, 6-1)
Kari Stark (SIU) #5 def. Valentina Davis (CSU) #5 (6-0, 6-0)
Yasmine Farag (SIU) #6 def. Dorina Guga (CSU) #6 (6-2, 6-0)
Singles: SIU vs. EIU
Alejandra Blanco (SIU) #1 def. Becky Brunner (EIU) #2 (6-1, 2-6, 6-0)
Maria Blanco (SIU) #2 def. Becky Carlson (EIU) #3 (3-6, 6-3, 6-4)
Jessica Knitter (SIU) #3 def. Amber Lenfert (EIU) #4 (6-4, 2-6, 6-3)
Zuzana Palovic (SIU) #4 def. Sarah Freeman (EIU) #5 (5-7, 7-5, 6-2)
Kari Stark (SIU) #5 def. Ivana Milosevic (EIU) #6 (6-0, 6-0)
Yasmine Farag (SIU) #6 def. Audra Koemer (EIU) #7 (6-1, 6-1)
Doubles: SIU vs. EIU
Blanco/Blanco (SIU) #1 def. Brunner/Freeman (EIU) #1 (8-5)
Carlson/Lenfert (EIU) #2 def. Knitter/Palovic (SIU) #2 (8-0)
Matouskova/Milosevic (EIU) #3 def. Stark/Zoya Honarmand (SIU) #3 (8-4)