Southern Illinois University
Evansville
Women's tennis falls to Evansville
04/01/2006 | 12:00:00 | Women's Tennis
April 1, 2006
By Lacole Hook
www.siusalukis.com
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois women's tennis team lost a close home match to Evansville Saturday 4-3 at the University Courts. The Salukis were unable to come back in their first Missouri Valley match-up after dropping the doubles point.
In number two doubles action Zuzana Palovic and Amanda Taillefer pulled off an 8-4 win.
Maria Blanco defeated Sara Wilhoite in three sets in number one singles. Taillefer also picked up a singles win in three sets as she defeated Allison Cox in the number four position.
At the five spot Laura Bredniak edged Stephanie Millis 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
"It was a great match," said tennis coach Rene Vidal. "The team put forth an excellent effort in singles play after dropping the doubles point. We just need to do a better job of executing the basics particularly on the serve."
The Salukis drop to 3-6 on the season while Evansville improves to 7-6. SIU travels to Cape Girardeau Friday to play SEMO.
Evansville 4 SIU 3
Doubles
No. 1 Sara Wilhoite and Beth Peyton def. Maria Blanco and Zoya Honarmand 8-3
No. 2 Zuzana Palovic and Amanda Taillefer def. Lisa Kawamoto and Stephanie Millis 8-4
No. 3 Anna Krodel and Emily Krodel def. Laura Bredniak and Kathleen Maher 8-2
Singles
No. 1 Maria Blanco def. Sara Wilhoite 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Beth Peyton def. Zoya Honarmand 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
No. 3 Lisa Kawamoto def. Zuzana Palovic 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 Amanda Taillefer def. Allison Cox 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
No. 5 Laura Bredniak def. Stephanie Millis 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
No. 6 Emily Krodel def. Kathleen Maher 6-0, 6-0
