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Monday, March 10, 2003
No. 58 Florida State survives
4-3 over FIU
lorida State's Christina Denny
defeated FIU's Desanka
Jovanovic, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, in No. 2 singles in a match
that took some two-and-a-half hours to complete for the deciding
point in a 4-3 victory by the No. 58 Seminoles at University
Park.
FIU (3-9) took the early advantage, winning two-of-three doubles
matches. At No. 1, Mei
Ly and Bruna
Discordia beat FSU's Daniela Gheorghe and Amberly
Tantee, 8-5 and then Christine
Suard and Jovanovic defeated Mihaela Moldovan
and Beth Lawrence, 8-4, at No. 2 to claim the point.
The two sides split the first four completed singles matches
and with wins at No. 3 by Discordia, 6-3, 6-2, over Gheorghe
and at No. 6 by Courtney
Jonson, 6-2, 6-3, over Brooke Cordell, the Golden
Panthers clung to a 3-2 lead.
But FSU (10-4) tied the match when Alina Mihailescu came
back at No. 5 and beat Davina
Duronio, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, setting the stage for the Denny/Jovanovic
showdown.
With eight of nine losses on the season suffered against ranked
opponents, the Golden Panthers host unranked Southern Illinois,
Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. at the University Park courts.
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Final: No.
58 Florida State 4, FIU 3
Miami, Fla.
Doubles
1. Discordia/Ly (FIU)
def. Gheorghe/Tantee (FSU) 8-5.
2. Suard/Jovanovic (FIU) def. Moldovan/Lawrence (FSU) 8-4.
3. Denny/Cordell (FSU) def. Duronio/Jonson (FIU) 8-4.
Singles
1. Mihaela Moldovan (FSU) def. Mei
Ly (FIU) 6-2, 7-5.
2. Christina Denny (FSU) def. Desanka
Jovanovic (FIU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
3. Bruna
Discordia (FIU) def. Daniela Gheorghe (FSU) 7-5, 6-1.
4. Amberly Tantee (FSU) def. Christine
Suard (FIU) 6-3, 7-5.
5. Alina Mihailescu (FSU) def. Davina
Duronio (FIU) def. 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
6. Courtney
Jonson (FIU) def. Brooke Cordell (FSU) 6-2, 6-3. |
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