Orangewomen Tennis Defeats Eastern Illinois

Friday, April 12

Charleston, IL

TBA

Syracuse University

Eastern Illinois

Kristine Bech Holte

4/12/2002 10:43:39 PM | Tennis

CHARLESTON, IL– The Syracuse University women's tennis team defeated Eastern Illinois, 6-1, on Friday, April 12 at the Darling Courts. The victory improves the Orangewomen's record to 8-10.

The win is the third straight for Syracuse and marks the team's longest winning streak since it opened the season 3-0. Freshman Kristine Bech Holte (Oslo, Norway/Fagerborg vgs.) continues to lead the team in victories (32) after winning two more matches.

Junior Shervin Saedinia (Woodland Hills, CA/Calabasas) won her fifth and sixth consecutive matches, giving her 99 career victories. She defeated Sarah Freeman, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 3 singles and teamed with Masha Kabanova (Moscow, Russia/School #528) to defeat Becky Carlson and Amber Lenfert 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. With her next win, Saedinia will become the 23rd Orangewoman in the 32-year history of the program to win 100 career matches.

The team finishes the regular season on the road with a match against Missouri on Saturday, April 13.

AGATE

Syracuse 6, Eastern Illinois 1

Singles
No. 1: Daniela Kaluskova (SU) def. Becky Brunner (EIU) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2: Masha Kabanova (SU) def. Becky Carlson (EIU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3: Shervin Saedinia (SU) def. Sarah Freeman (EIU) 6-3, 6-2
No. 4: Kristine Bech Holte (SU) def. Yovita Widyadharma (EIU) 6-1, 6-4
No. 5: Amber Lenfert (EIU) def. Jessica Schlosser (SU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 6: Marion Charlier (SU) def. Barbara Wolfe (EIU) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles:
No. 1: Kabanova/Saedinia (SU) def. Carlson/Lenfert (EIU) 8-3
No. 2: Kaluskova/Zani Suttle (SU) def. Brunner/Freeman (EIU) 9-8 (7-3)
No. 3: Bech Holte/Schlosser (SU) def. Widyadharma/Kristi Martin (EIU) 8-2