Michigan
Northwestern
Michigan Bounced by Wildcats to Cap Regular Season
4/25/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Site: Evanston, Ill. (Vandy Christie Tennis Center)
Score: Northwestern 6, Michigan 1
Records: U-M (4-16, 3-7 Big Ten), NU (15-4, 9-1 Big Ten)
Next U-M Match: April 29-May 2 -- at Big Ten Championships (East Lansing, Mich.)
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The University of Michigan women's tennis team concluded the regular season with a 6-1 loss at Northwestern. The defeat dropped Michigan's record to 4-16 on the season and 3-7 in the Big Ten Conference. Northwestern, the Big Ten champion, improved to 15-4 overall and 9-1 in the league.
Michigan's lone point came at No. 2 singles, where junior Danielle Lund (Leominster, Mass./Leominster HS) won a three-set match which featured two tie-breakers. Lund outlasted Shannon Duffy 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (4), handing Duffy her first defeat in Big Ten action since Feb. 15, 1998.
Jennifer Boylan (Staten Island, N.Y./Staten Island Academy), Lund's doubles partner, also played a closely-contested three-set match. Boylan, playing in the final regular-season match of her career, won the first set 6-4 but fell 0-6, 2-6 in the last two sets to Laura Guignon at the No. 3 spot. Boylan still leads the team with eight dual match victories on the season.
The Wolverines will conclude their season at the Big Ten Championship April 29-May 2 in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan, the No. 9 seed in the tournament, will open play on Thursday (April 29).
Following are match-by-match results:
Singles
No. 1 -- Katherine Nasser (NU) def. Brooke Hart, 6-1, 7-5
No. 2 -- Danielle Lund (U-M) def. Shannon Duffy, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
No. 3 -- Laura Guignon (NU) def. Jennifer Boylan, 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 -- Colleen Cheng (NU) def. Jen Vaughn, 6-1, 7-6
No. 5 -- Lia Jackson (NU) def. Alison Sinclair, 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Jennifer Lutgert (NU) def. Marya Farah, 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Nasser/Guignon (NU) def. Boylan/Lund, 8-4
No. 2 -- Cheng/Jackson (NU) def. Hart/Vaughn, 8-3
No. 3 -- Duffy/Weinraub (NU) def. Sinclair/Maya Canfield, 8-3
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