Southern Illinois University
Wichita State
Women's Tennis swept by No. 34 Wichita State
04/23/2007 | 12:00:00 | Women's Tennis
April 23, 2007
By Ryan Shaw
www.siusalukis.com
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The Southern Illinois women's tennis team was swept by the No. 34 Wichita State Shockers in their final regular season match yesterday, 7-0.
The Shockers (23-2, 8-0 MVC) rolled over the Salukis (11-9, 2-5 MVC) in doubles to take a 1-0 lead early. Madina Rakhim and Florentina Hanisch beat Sabine Tsala Mvilongo and Jessica Flannery 8-0 at No. 1.
Michela Cruise and Martina Vianna Ce fell to Anna Egorova and Stephanie Dalmacio 8-3 at No. 2. WSU completed the doubles sweep when Jackie Richey and Lenore Lazaroiu defeated Amanda Taillefer and Andrea Courtney 8-4 at No. 3
The Salukis were only able to win one set through six singles matches against the Shockers. Michela Cruise won her first set against Dalmacio 7-6, but lost the match 6-7, 6-3, 10-3
The Salukis will be back in action on Friday, April 27 at the 2007 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Championship in Omaha, Neb. SIU earned No. 6 seed for the tournament and will face No. 3 Northern Iowa at 12:30 p.m.
Doubles Results:
No. 1 - Rakhim/Hanisch (WSU) def. Tsala Mvilongo/Flannery (SIU), 8-0
No. 2 - Egorova/Dalmacio (WSU) def. Cruise/Vianna Ce (SIU), 8-3
No. 3 - Jackie Richey/Lazaroiu (WSU) def. Taillefer/Andrea Courtney (SIU), 8-4
Singles Results:
No. 1 - Madina Rakhim (WSU) def. Sabine Tsala Mvilongo (SIU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 - Florentina Hanisch (WSU) def. Agata Skorupska (SIU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 - Lenore Lazaroiu (WSU) def. Jessica Flannery (SIU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 - Stephanie Dalmacio (WSU) def. Michela Cruise (SIU), 6-7, 6-3, (3)
No. 5 - Anna Egorova (WSU) def. Martina Vianna Ce (SIU), 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 - Torrie Browning (WSU) def. Amanda Taillefer (SIU), 6-0, 6-1
