University of Minnesota Athletics
WOMEN'S TENNIS LOSES AT OHIO STATE
3/2/2001 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
At Columbus, Ohio
The Minnesota Women's tennis team lost to No. 21 Ohio State on Friday, 7-0, in a match that took nearly five and one-half hours. Minnesota dropped to 4-2 on the season and 0-1 in the Big Ten conference.
Freshman Valerie Vladea pushed the match to three sets but lost to Kristy Dascoli, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, at the No. 1 singles position. Freshman Brandi Watts</ a> suffered her first lost of the season, losing to Laura Maloney, 6-1, 6-3.
Minnesota will play at Penn State on Sunday.
BIG TEN
Gophers 0, Ohio State 7
Singles: No. 1: Kristy Dascoli, Ohio State, def. Valerie Vladea 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 No. 2: Monica Rincon, Ohio State, def. Amy Thomas 6-2, 6-3 No. 3: Sadhaf Pervez, Ohio State, def. Michaela Havelkova 7-5, 6-1 No. 4: Erica Fisk, Ohio State, def. Tammy Wang 7-6, 6-3 No. 5: Claudia Castro, Ohio State, def. Jennifer Howard 7-6, 6-3 No. 6: Laura Maloney, Ohio State, def. Brandi Watts 6-1, 6-3 Doubles: No. 1: Dascoli/Rincon, Ohio State, def. Havelkova/Vladea 8-2 No. 2: Maloney/Pervez, Ohio State, def. Howard/Wang 8-2 No. 3: Castro/Fisk, Ohio State, def. Thomas/Watts 8-7 (4)
