Southern Illinois University
UNI
Women's Tennis Falls to Northern Iowa
04/15/2005 | 12:00:00 | Women's Tennis
April 15, 2005
by Dustin Thompson
www.SIUSalukis.com
CEDAR FALL, IA. - The Salukis dropped a tough match to Northern Iowa as the Panthers defeated SIU 5-2. Southern falls to 2-2 in MVC play and 4-10 overall for the season.
The Salukis started off the day by dropping the doubles point as Maria Blanco and Tana Trapani feel at the No. 1 doubles spot, and Zuzana Palovic and Zoya Honarmand were defeated at the No. 2 spot by UNI's Carolina Hannes and Agnese Pukse (8-4).
Northern Iowa continued to give the Dawgs trouble as the Panthers defeated SIU in all but two singles matches. Tana Trapani was able to pick up a win at the No. 3 singles spot, while Zuzana Palovic notched a victory at the No. 5 spot.
The Salukis are back in action tomorrow when they head to Omaha, Neb. to take on the Creighton Bluejays.
Results
Doubles:
#1 Meghana Paritala / Mariana Muraca (UNI) def. Maria Blanco / Tana Trapani (SIU) 8-3
#2 Carolina Hannes / Agnese Pukse (UNI) def. Zuzana Paloliv / Zoya Honermand (SIU) 8-4
#3 Amanda Taillefer / Laura Bredniak (SIU) def. Jaime Noyce / Sara Kendall (UNI) 8-4
singles:
#1 Meghana Paritala (UNI) def. Maria Blanco (SIU) 6-2, 6-4
2 Agnese Pukse (UNI) def. Amanda Taillefer (SIU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
#3 Tana Trapani (SIU) def. Jaime Noyce (UNI) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Mariana Muraca (UNI) def. Zoya Honermand (SIU) 6-2, 6-1
#5 Zuzana Palovic (SIU) def. Carolina Hannes (UNI) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
#6 Meredith Esbeck (UNI) def. Laura Bredniak (SIU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
