Sunday, March 24, 2002

FIU easily handles Seton Hall, 7-0

he No. 36-ranked Golden Panthers (14-3) won for the eighth-straight time with a 7-0 shutout over the Big East's Seton Hall, Sunday at University Park.

Seton Hall fell to 4-9 on the season.

FIU had little trouble winning the doubles' point, taking all three matches, paced at No. 1 where No. 28-ranked Anneliese Rose and Cristana Campana beat Nicole Cercone and Kyle Lassalle, 8-0.

Marina Raic and Maria Montoya dominated Kimberly Barfuss and Lorell Zamot, 8-1, at No. 2 and Mei Ly and Dominique Rosenberg took No. 3, 8-2, over Elizabeth Dugan and Jasmine Wolcott.

In singles, Rose beat Barfuss, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1 and Ly won her team-leading 13th match of the year, 6-1, 6-1 against Lasalle at No. 2.

FIU also got straight-set wins by Montoya at No. 3, Campana at No. 4, Nazly Elsawaf at No. 5 and Rosenberg at No. 6.

The Golden Panthers take on New Mexico State next, on Thursday, March 28 at 2:00 p.m. on the University Park courts.

Final Score: Florida International 7 Seton Hall 0

SINGLES:
No. 1 Anneliese Rose (FIU) def. Kimberly Barfuss (SHU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Mei Ly (FIU) def. Kyli Lassalle (SHU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Maria Montoya (FIU) def. Nicole Cercone (SHU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Lorell Zamot (SHU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 Nazly Elsawaf (FIU) def. Jasmine Wolcott (SHU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 Dominique Rosenberg (FIU) def. Elizabeth Dugan (SHU) 6-2, 6-0

DOUBLES:
No. 1 Campana/Rose (FIU) def. Cercone/Lassalle (SHU) 8-0
No. 2 Montoya/Raic (FIU) def. Barfuss/Zamot (SHU) 8-1
No. 3 Rosenberg/Ly (FIU) def. Dugan/Wolcott (SHU) 8-2