Southern Illinois University
Northern Iowa
Salukis downed by Panthers, 5-2
04/14/2007 | 12:00:00 | Women's Tennis
April 14, 2007
By Ryan Shaw
www.siusalukis.com
WATERLOO, Iowa - The Southern Illinois women's tennis team dropped its third Missouri Valley Conference match of the season today with a 5-2 loss at the University of Northern Iowa.
The Salukis (10-6, 2-3 MVC) fell behind early, dropping all three doubles matches to the Panthers (14-4, 3-1 MVC).
UNI continued to dominate through singles play, winning all but two of the matches to collect the 5-2 victory.
Sabine Tsala Mvilongo won her match at No. 1 singles over Meghana Paritala, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Amanda Taillefer picked up the Salukis' only other point with her 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 6.
The Salukis will return to action tomorrow at 10 a.m. when they face Drake in Des Moines, Iowa.
Doubles Results:
No. 1 - Meghana Paritala/Agnese Pukse (UNI) def. Sabine Tsala Mvilongo/Jessica Flannery (SIU) 8-6 No. 2 - Carolina Hannes/Sampada Kanade (UNI) def. Michela Cruise/Martina Vianna Ce (SIU) 8-3
No. 3. Mariana Muraca/Taynara Moraes (UNI) def. Amanda Taillefer/Andrea Courtney (SIU) 8-0
Singles Results:
No. 1 - Sabine Tsala Mvilongo (SIU) def. Meghana Paritala(UNI) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
No. 2 - Agnese Pukse (UNI) def. Agata Skorupska (SIU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 - Sampada Kanade (UNI) def. Jessica Flannery (SIU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 - Taynara Moraes (UNI) def. Michela Cruise (SIU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 - Carolina Hannes (UNI) def. Martina Vianna Ce (SIU) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
No. 6 - Amanda Taillefer (SIU) def. Mariana Muraca (UNI) 6-3, 6-4
