Michigan
Marquette
Michigan Posts Victories Against Marquette and Tulane
3/24/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Saturday Score: Michigan 6, Marquette 1
Sunday Score: Michigan 5, Tulane 2
Records: U-M (7-6), Marquette (2-12), Tulane (9-5)
Next U-M Match: Thursday, March 28 -- at Michigan State (East Lansing, Mich.), 6 p.m.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- The University of Michigan women's tennis team had a successful weekend in Milwaukee, Wis., posting a 6-1 victory against host Marquette Saturday and defeating Tulane today (Sunday, March 24) by a 5-2 score at Helfaer Tennis Stadium. The two victories moved Wolverines (7-6) above the .500 mark for the season and moved the current winning streak to three matches.
Michigan gained the 5-2 victory against Tulane by winning the doubles point and collecting four of the six singles matches. The Wolverines received a dominating 8-1 win by senior Jen Vaughn (Jefferson City, Mo./Lawrence HS) and sophomore Kim Plaushines (Oconomowoc, Wis./Kettle Moraine HS) at No. 2. Sophomores Chrissie Nolan (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook HS) and Kavitha Tipirneni (Galloway, Ohio/Hilliard Darby HS) secured the team point with an 8-3 win at No. 3. Tulane kept Michigan from its second straight doubles sweep as Maria Ivanov and Joyce Bergman won an 8-4 match at No. 1 doubles.
The Wolverines sealed the match as freshman Michelle DaCosta (Huber Heights, Ohio/Wayne HS), Nolan, junior Joanne Musgrove (LaSalle, Ontario/Sandwich HS) and Plaushines won straight-set matches. The Green Wave gained their two points in tiebreakers played to 10 points for the third set, with No. 87-ranked Ivanov beating Tipirneni at No. 1 and Ana Saaibi defeating freshman Leanne Rutherford (Calgary, Alberta/National Sports School) at No. 4.
In Saturday's match with Marquette, the Wolverines swept all three doubles matches to gain the team point. U-M put the match away with four straight-set singles victories and a forfeit by the Golden Eagles at the No. 6 slot. Gaining singles wins for the Wolverines were Tipirneni, Nolan, Rutherford and junior Jen Duprez (Westhampton, N.Y./Westhampton Beach HS). Marquette gained its only team point as Eva Trujillo-Herrera posted a 10-8 win in the abbreviated third-set tie-breaker to 10 points against DaCosta at the No. 2 spot.
The Wolverines will look to extend their winning streak Thursday evening (March 28, 6 p.m.) against in-state and Big Ten Conference rival Michigan State at the MSU Tennis Facility in East Lansing, Mich.
Following are match-by-match results:
Michigan 6, Marquette 1
Singles
No. 1 -- Kavitha Tipirneni (U-M) d. Annabelle Espinosa, 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 -- Eva Trujillo-Herrera (MARQ) d. Michelle DaCosta, 6-1, 6-7(6), 10-8
No. 3 -- Chrissie Nolan (U-M) d. Veronica Garcia Briseno, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- Leanne Rutherford (U-M) d. Anna Pavlovic, 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 -- Jen Duprez (U-M) d. Alexandra Stankovic, 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 -- Michigan won by forfeit
Doubles
No. 1 -- DaCosta/Rutherford (U-M) d. Genevieve Charron/ Pavlovic, 8-4
No. 2 -- Duprez/Kim Plaushines (U-M) d. Espinosa/Briseno, 8-3
No. 3 -- Nolan/Tipirneni (U-M) d. Stankovic/Trujillo-Herrera, 8-5
Michigan 5, Tulane 2
Singles
No. 1 -- #87 Maria Ivanov (TU) d. Kavitha Tipirneni, 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-3
No. 2 -- Michelle DaCosta (U-M) d. Julie Morris, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 -- Chrissie Nolan (U-M) d. Joyce Bergman, 6-0, 6-4
No. 4 -- Ana Saaibi (TU) d. Leanne Rutherford, 6-4, 4-6, 13-11
No. 5 -- Joanne Musgrove (U-M) d. Maiko Cook, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Kim Plaushines (U-M) d. Anneli Axsater, 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ivanov/Bergman (TU) d. DaCosta/Rutherford, 8-4
No. 2 -- Jen Vaughn/Kim Plaushines (U-M) d. Morris/Saaibi, 8-1
No. 3 -- Nolan/Tipirneni (U-M) d. Axsater/Lucy Wood, 8-3
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