Women's Tennis Drops 5-2 Match to Minnesota

Saturday, March 18

Ann Arbor, Mich.

1:00 PM

Michigan

Minnesota

3/18/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- After two straight non-conference matches, the University of Michigan women's tennis team returned to Big Ten Conference play and dropped a 5-2 match against Minnesota Saturday afternoon (March 18) at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Golden Gophers won the doubles point and claimed victories in four of the six singles matches to keep the Wolverines winless in conference action (5-5 overall, 0-3 Big Ten).

Minnesota secured the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots. Michigan sent the No. 2 doubles match into a tie-breaker, winning 7-5 in the tie-breaker to thwart a Minnesota doubles sweep. Senior co-captain Danielle Lund (Leominster, Mass./Leomonster HS) and junior Szandra Fuzesi (Budapest, Hungary/Balassi Balint Gimnazium) claimed the 9-8 victory as they came back from a 7-3 deficit in the match.

In singles, the Wolverines managed wins at the No. 1 and No. 5 spots. Senior co-captain Brooke Hart (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson HS) won a convincing 6-2, 6-2 match against Nora Sauska at the top spot, while freshman Jen Duprez (Westhampton, N.Y./Westhampton Beach HS) claimed a 7-6, 6-3 victory over Michaela Havelkova at the No. 5 spot.

Michigan continues conference action next Saturday (March 25, 1 p.m.) against intrastate rival Michigan State. The Wolverines travel to the MSU Tennis Facility and look to win their 12th straight against the Spartans (28-15 all-time series advantage for U-M).

Following are match-by-match results:

Singles
No. 1 -- Brooke Hart (MICH) d. Nora Sauska, 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 -- Sandra Olsen (MINN) d. Danielle Lund, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 -- Kim Simonsen (MINN) d. Szandra Fuzesi, 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 -- Amy Thomas (MINN) d. Joanne Musgrove, 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 -- Jen Duprez (MICH) d. Michaela Havelkova, 7-5 (5), 6-3
No. 6 -- Tammy Wang (MINN) d. Alison Sinclair, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 -- Olsen/Sauska (MINN) d. Hart/Duprez, 9-7
No. 2 -- Lund/Fuzesi (MICH) d. Simonsen/Thomas, 9-8 (5)
No. 3 -- Havelkova/Jenny Howard (MINN) d. Sinclair/Musgrove, 8-4

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