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Monday, March 31, 2003
FIU falls short with 4-2 loss to
Middle Tennessee
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FIU women’s tennis team (5-13) ended its regular season schedule
with a 4-2 home loss to Sun Belt Conference foe Middle Tennessee, Monday
at University Park.
Middle Tennessee (8-10) jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead,
winning the doubles point and No. 1-2 singles, before the Golden Panthers
cracked the scoreboard with a pair of points, winning at No. 3-6.
But at No. 4 singles,
Stacy Varnell beat FIU’s Christine
Suard, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, for the match win.
The Blue Raiders
took doubles matches at No. 1-3, for the point. FIU’s lone doubles
win came at No. 2 where Desanka
Jovanovic and Courtney
Jonson beat Carien Venter and Emily
Vest, 8-3.
Jovanovic and Jonson also won their two singles matches,
giving FIU its only points of the contest. At No. 3, Jovanoic beat Venter,
7-5, 6-2, while Jonson dispatched of Vest at No. 6, 6-2, 6-1. It was
the team-best 11th victory of the season for Jonson, the redshirt freshman
from Elizabeth Grove, Australia.
At No. 1 singles,
No. 50-ranked Manon Kruse raised her season record
to 15-3, with a straight-sets victory over Bruna
Discordia (6-1, 6-0).
The Golden Panthers
now break until April 25-27 when the team travels to Mobile, Ala., for
the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
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Final: Middle Tennessee
4, FIU 2
Miami, Fla.
Doubles
1. Kruse/Varnell (MT)
def. Discordia/Ly (FIU) 8-3.
2. Jonson/Jovanovic (FIU) def. Venter/Vest (MT) 8-3.
3. Klaschka/McNamara (MT) def. Duronio/Suard (FIU) 8-3.
Singles
1. No. 50 Maron Kruse (MT) def. Bruna
Discordia (FIU) 6-1, 6-0.
2. Jennifer Klaschka (MT) def. Mei
Ly (FIU)6-3, 6-3.
3. Desanka
Jovanovic (FIU) def. Carien Venter (MT) 7-5, 6-2.
4. Stacy Varnell (MT) def. Christine
Suard (FIU) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
5. Davina
Duronio (FIU) vs. Laura McNamara, abandoned.
6. Courtney
Jonson (FIU) def. Emily Vest (MT) 6-2, 6-1. |
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