University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Women's Tennis Falls to Illinois
4/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
The Gophers started the doubles competition when Valerie Vladea and Michaela Havelkova won the No. 1 slot with an 8-6 win over UI's Michelle Webb and Cynthya Goulet. The duo now holds a 10-4 overall record at the top position, and 5-3 in league action. However, the Gophers fell 8-4 and 8-6 in the following two doubles matches, giving the point to Illinois.
Kelly Perry won the No. 4 singles for Minnesota, winning back-to-back conference wins. Perry aided the Gophers last weekend in the 4-3 win over Indiana.
Minnesota continues the road action again tomorrow as the Gophers face No. 18 Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. The Wildcats have not lost a conference game this season, standing at 6-0.
Doubles No. 1 Vladea/Havelkova (MN) def. Webb/Goulet, 8-6 No. 2 Choe/McGaffigan (UI) def. Perry/Rose, 8-4 No. 3 Fazlic/Eklov (UI) def. Howard/Watts, 8-6 Singles No. 1 Jennifer McGaffigan (UI) def. Valerie Vladea, 6-3, 6-4 No. 2 Tiffany Eklov (UI) def. Michaela Havelkova, 6-2, 6-1 No. 3 Eva Choe (UI) def. Andrea Rose, 6-1, 6-0 No. 4 Kelly Perry (MN) def. Cynthya Goulet, 6-2, 6-4 No. 5 Eldina Fazlic (UI) def. Kandis Batiste, 6-1, 6-2 No. 6 Michelle Webb (UI) def. Brandi Watts, 6-2, 6-4
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