University of Minnesota Athletics
Gophers Fall 6-1 to 31st-Ranked Hoosiers
3/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
A pair of third-set tiebreakers both went to Indiana as the Hoosiers posted a 6-1 victory over Minnesota on Sunday in Bloomington, Ind., handing the Gophers their third straight Big Ten loss.
Tijana Koprivica picked up Minnesota’s lone point with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 4 singles. She and Alessandra Ferrazzi also teamed for an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles, but Indiana won the other two doubles contests to gain the team point.
Ferrazzi at No. 1 singles and Lindsay Risebrough at No. 2 singles each lost in third-set tiebreakers. Ferrazzi fell 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 and Risebrough suffered a 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 loss.
Minnesota, ranked 49th nationally, dropped to 10-5 overall and 0-3 in the Big Ten, while 31st-ranked Indiana is now 14-3 overall and in first place in the league with a 3-0 Big Ten mark.
The Gophers return home next weekend to host Penn State on Saturday and Michigan on Sunday at the Baseline Tennis Center. Both matches start at 11 a.m.
Indiana 6, Minnesota 1
Singles:
No. 1- Alba Berdala (IU) def. Alessandra Ferrazzi 6-4, 4-6, 7-6
No. 2- Katya Zapadalova (IU) def. Lindsay Risebrough 6-1, 1-6, 7-6
No. 3- Charlotte Martin (IU) def. Karina Chiarelli 6-2, 6-4
No. 4- Tijana Koprivica (Minn) def. Lindsey Stuckey 6-1, 6-4
No. 5- Brianna Williams (IU) def. Elena Kazakova 6-0, 6-2
No. 6- Myriam Sopel (IU) def. Danielle Mousseau 6-0, 6-3
Doubles:
No. 1- Williams/Zapadalova (IU) def. Chiarelli/Risebrough 8-5
No. 2- Ferrazzi/Koprivica (Minn) def. Berdala/Martin 8-3
No. 3- Sopel/Stuckey (IU) def. Mousseau/Sperling 8-2
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