University of Minnesota Athletics
ILLINOIS EDGES GOPHER WOMEN'S TENNIS, 4-3
4/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Senior Kim Simonsen won her ninth straight singles match, defeating Brooke Ferney at No. 3, 6-4, 6-0. Freshman Sandra Olsen won at No. 1 singles, defeating Eldina Fazlic in three sets, 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Senior Nora Sauska defeated Simone Kung at the No. 2 singles position, 7-4, 6-4.
At No. 2 doubles, Simonsen and junior Tammy Wang defeated Kung and Michelle Webb for Minnesota's only doubles win.
Wang's streak of 13 consecutive singles wins came to an end as she fell to Natalia Manasova at the No. 5 singles position, 7-5, 6-4.
Illinois 4, Minnesota 3
Singles
No. 1 Sandra Olsen (M) def. Eldina Fazlic (I) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Nora Sauska (M) def. Simone Kung (I) 7-5, 6-4
No. 3 Kim Simonsen (M) def. Brooke Ferney (I) 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 Carla Rosenberg (I) def. Michaela Havelkova (M) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Natalia Manasova (I) def. Tammy Wang (M) 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 Megan Wise (I) def. Jennifer Howard (M) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 Ferney/Loebnitz (I) def. Olsen/Sauska (M) 8-4
No. 2 Wang/Simonsen (M) def. Kung/Michelle Webb (I) 8-2
No. 3 Rosenberg/Manasova (I) def. Howard/Havelkova (M) 8-3
