University of Minnesota Athletics
WOMEN'S TENNIS EDGED BY OHIO STATE, 4-3
2/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Ohio State started the match by winning two of three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Minnesota took a 2-1 lead on victories by senior Kim Simonsen at No. 2 singles and junior Tammy Wang at No. 6 singles.
After a loss by senior Nora Sauska at No. 1 singles, Minnesota regained the lead with a victory by freshman Michaela Havelkova at No. 5 singles.
With Minnesota leading 3-2 and two matches to play, Minnesota freshmen Amy Thomas and Sandra Olsen each took their singles matches to the third set. Thomas held a 4-1 lead in the third set but lost to Sadhaf Pervez, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Olsen pushed Monica Rincon to a tiebreaker before falling, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6.
Minnesota hosts Penn State on Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. at the Northwest Athletic Club at 98th Street.
Ohio State 4, Minnesota 3
Singles
No. 1 Kristy Dascoli, OSU, def. Nora Sauska, M, 6-3, 7-5
No. 2 Monica Rincon, OSU, def. Sandra Olsen, M, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6
No. 3 Kim Simonsen, M, def. Michelle Matko, OSU, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Sadhof Pervez, OSU, def. Amy Thomas, M, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Michaela Havelkova, M, def. Claudia Castro, OSU, 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 Tammy Wang, M, def. Laura Maloney, OSU, 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 Dascoli/Rincon, OSU, def. Sauska/Olsen, M, 8-2
No. 2 Simonsen/Havelkova, M, def. Matko/Castro, OSU, 8-6
No. 3 Pervez/Maloney, OSU, def. Thomas/Jennifer Howard, M, 8-6
