Wolverines Blank Spartans for First Big Ten Victory

Saturday, March 25

East Lansing, Mich.

1:00 PM

Michigan

Michigan State

3/25/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Earning its first Big Ten Conference dual match victory of the season, the University of Michigan women's tennis team claimed a 7-0 shutout against Michigan State Saturday afternoon (March 25) at the MSU Tennis Facility. The Wolverines improved to 6-5 overall this season and claimed their first shutout since Feb. 11 against North Carolina State.

Michigan earned the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 spots in the lineup, and claimed all six singles matches to win its 13th consecutive match against Michigan State.

Michigan returns the court Wednesday afternoon (March 29, 4 p.m.) against No. 12 Notre Dame at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines will host No. 28 South Florida (Friday, March 31, at 6 p.m.) and Marquette (Sunday, April 2, at 1 p.m.) to close out next week's non-conference slate.

Following are match-by-match results:

Singles
No. 1 -- Brooke Hart (U-M) d. Brooke Townsend, 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- Danielle Lund (U-M) d. Natasha Skogerboe, 7-5, 6-0
No. 3 -- Szandra Fuzesi (U-M) d. Kelli Hayes, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- Joanne Musgrove (U-M) d. Kerri Pastein, 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 -- Alison Sinclair (U-M) d. Kathryn Figenshau, 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Marya Farah (U-M) d. Mollie Hood, 1-6, retired

Doubles
No. 1 -- Lund/Fuzesi (U-M) d. Townsend/Skogerboe, 8-4
No. 2 -- Hayes/Hood (MSU) d. Hart/Musgrove, 8-6
No. 3 -- Sinclair/Farah (U-M) d. Figenshau/Pastein, 8-0

N O T E S

-- Senior co-captain Danielle Lund (Leominster, Mass./Leominster HS) claimed her 10th singles victory of the season, beating Natasha Skogerboe in straight sets (7-5, 6-0). Lund has a 5-2 dual match record at the No. 2 spot and owns a 10-6 overall mark.

-- Senior co-captain Brooke Hart (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson HS) remained unbeaten in Big Ten Conference dual match action. Hart has a 4-0 conference record and boasts an impressive 8-3 dual match mark at the No. 1 spot. Hart leads the team with a 17-7 overall record.

-- Freshman Joanne Musgrove (LaSalle, Ontario/Sandwich HS) and juniors Marya Farah (Linden, Mich./Powers Catholic HS), Szandra Fuzesi (Budapest, Hungary/Balassi Balint Gimnazium) and Alison Sinclair (Lakeland, Fla./George Jenkins HS) each claimed her first Big Ten Conference dual match victory of the season in today's match.

Contact: David Ablauf (734) 763-4423