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Women's Tennis falls to IUPUI 5-2
02/20/2006 | 12:00:00 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 20, 2006
By Lacole Hook
www.siusalukis.com
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Southern Illinois women's tennis team lost to IUPUI 5-2 Sunday at the Indianapolis Tennis Center. This was the first loss of the spring season for the Salukis dropping their record to 2-1.
IUPUI took the doubles point winning two matches. Amanda Taillefer and Zoya Honarmand edged out a 9-7 win in the No. 2 spot.
In singles action, Zuzana Palovic and Laura Bredniak were the only Salukis to come away with wins in the No. 4 and No. 5 spots respectively.
The Salukis looked to be making a comeback on the Jaguars. After the wins by Palovic and Bredniak, SIU only trailed IUPUI 3-2. The final two matches of the day were decided in three sets.
In the No. 1 spot Maria Blanco took an early 6-2 lead, and at the No. 3 spot Honarmand won the first set 6-1, but IUPUI walked away with the wins to seal the final victory.
The next match for SIU is against Auburn on February 25 in Chicago.
Doubles
No. 1 Mallory Stemie/Allison Thompson def. Maria Blanco/Zuzana Palovic 8-5
No. 2 Amanda Taillefer/Zoya Honarmand def. Tessa Williams/Andrea Burkhardt 9-7
No. 3 Jessie Ritchie/Nikki Evans def Laura Bredniak/Kathleen Maher 8-1
Singles
No. 1 Stemie def. Maria Blanco 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 Ritchie def. Amanda Taillefer 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Thompson def. Zoya Honarmand 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 Zuzana Palovic def. Williams 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 Laura Bredniak def. Burkhardt 7-5, 6-1
No. 6 Evans def. Kathleen Maher 6-0, 6-0
