Michigan
Duke
U-M Women's Tennis Loses 9-0 to No. 2 Duke
3/6/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Varsity Tennis Center)
Score: #2 Duke 9, Michigan 0
Records: U-M (3-4, 2-1 Big Ten), Duke (9-2)
Next U-M Match: Sunday, Mar. 7 -- vs. Wake Forest (Varsity Tennis Center), 11 a.m.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's tennis team lost a 9-0 match against No. 2 Duke Saturday afternoon (March 6) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines fell to 3-4 on the season, while the Blue Devils improved to 9-2.
The Blue Devils dominated the match, winning all six singles matches and the three doubles matches to hand the Wolverines their second shutout of the season (also lost 9-0 to No. 26 Tennessee on Feb. 14). Duke's lineup consists of five top 50 nationally ranked singles players and its top doubles tandem of Vanessa Webb and Karen Goldstein is listed No. 4 in the country.
The Wolverines will host No. 9 Wake Forest tomorrow (Sunday, March 7) at the Varsity Tennis Center, beginning at 11 a.m.
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- #5 Vanessa Webb (Duke) d. Brooke Hart, 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- #49 Kristin Sanderson (Duke) d. Danielle Lund, 7-6, 6-4
No. 3 -- #24 Megan Miller (Duke) d. Szandra Fuzesi, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 -- #29 Karen Goldstein (Duke) d. Jennifer Boylan, 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 -- #49 Erica Biro (Duke) d. Jen Vaughn, 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 -- Ioana Plesu (Duke) d. Alison Sinclair, 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- #4 Webb/Goldstein (Duke) d. Hart/Lund, 8-4
No. 2 -- Miller/Biro (Duke) d. Boylan/Fuzesi, 8-1
No. 3 -- Sanderson/Brooke Siebel (Duke) d. Sinclair/Vaughn, 8-3
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