Wednesday, March 14, 2002

No. 28 FIU whitewashes Miami of Ohio, 7-0

IU women's tennis celebrated its move up from No. 29 to No. 28 in the national polls with a 7-0 home shutout over Miami of Ohio, Thursday at the University Park courts.

The win was the fourth straight for the Golden Panthers, raising their season record to 10-3.

FIU swept through doubles to pick up that point. Leading the way at No. 1, the Golden Panther's No. 25-ranked Anneliese Rose and Cristina Campana defeated Kadija Richards and Catherine Dilley, 8-3.

Despite claiming all six singles matches, Miami put up a fight, especially at the bottom of the lineup where the Golden Panthers Marina Raic pulled out a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 5 over Erica Echko.

An even closer match took place at No. 6 where Dominique Rosenberg won the point in a tiebreaker against Miami's Grace Cascarilla, 6-2, 1-6 (10-5).

That wasn't the case at No. 1 where Rose won her ninth singles match of the year taking care of Richards, 6-2, 6-4, and Mei Ly won for the tenth time this season with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Megan Zimpher at No. 2.

The Golden Panthers host Syracuse Friday at noon on the University Park courts.

Final Score: Florida International 7 Miami of Ohio 0

SINGLES:
No. 1 Anneliese Rose (FIU) def. Kadija Richards (MU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 Mei Ly (FIU) def. Megan Zimpfer (MU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Brooke Peyton (MU) 6-3, 3-0 (Ret.)
No. 4 Maria Montoya (FIU) def. Catherine Dilley (MU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Marina Raic (FIU) def. Erica Echko (MU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 Dominique Rosenberg (FIU) def. Grace Cascavilla (MU) 6-2, 1-6 (10-5)

DOUBLES:
No. 1 Campana/Rose (FIU) def. Richards/Dilley (MU) 8-3
No. 2 Montoya/Raic (FIU) def. Zimpfer/Peyton (MU) 9-7
No. 3 Rosenberg/Ly (FIU) def. Echko/Weigand (MU) 8-6