Orangewomen Lose In First Round of BIG EAST Tennis Championship
4/20/2001 10:33:12 AM | Tennis
Syracuse lost the doubles point, winning the No. 2 doubles match. Saedinia and classmate Masha Kabanova (Moscow, Russia) defeated Michelle Martaus and Kristin Lanio, 8-5, for their 20th doubles win of the season.
Saedinia continued her hot streak into her No. 4 singles match with Martaus. Saedinia posted a straight-set victory, 6-2, 7-5. It was her fifth consecutive singles win of the spring. Neveklovska earned her 40th win of the season at the number one slot, defeating Kristen Stubbs 6-4, 7-6 (2). Virginia Tech swept three other singles matches for the win. In the team championship format, team's play a best-of-seven series with the first team to four points winning the match.
The Orangewomen qualify for the consolation bracket and will play again on at 3 p.m. Saturday. SU draws the loser of Friday's match between No. 3 seed Boston College and No. 6 seed West Virginia.
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2001 Syracuse University Women's Tennis
The BIG EAST Conference Tennis Championship
April 20, 2001 * Neil Schiff Tennis Complex * Coral Gables, FL
Virginia Tech 4, Syracuse 2
Singles
1. Michelle Neveklovska (S) def. Kristen Stubbs (VT), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
2. Antonella Pozzi (VT) def. Zuzanna Borucka (S), 6-1, 6-3
3. Ines Khelifi (VT) def. Masha Kabanova (S), 6-1, 6-3
4. Shervin Saedinia (S) def. Michelle Martaus (VT), 6-2, 7-5
5. Katie Thompson (S) vs. Kristin Lanio (VT), Did Not Finish
6. Bridget Bruner (VT) def. Zani Suttle (S), 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Stubbs/Pozzi (VT) def. Neveklovska/Borucka (S), 8-5
2. Kabanova/Saedinia (S) def. Martaus/Lanio (VT), 8-5
3. Bruner/Khelifi (VT) def. Thompson/Suttle (S), 8-3
