Saturday, April 13, 2002

FIU ends regular season with 4-3 loss at South Florida

he No. 32-ranked FIU women's tennis team dropped its regular-season finale, 4-3, to the University of South Florida Saturday in Tampa.

After FIU won the doubles point winning two of three matches, USF (6-13) battled back winning four matches in singles. At No. 1, the Bulls' Natalie Schwartz beat FIU's Anneliese Rose, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

With the match tied at 3-3, USF's Jennifer Sinclair came back after losing the first set, 6-4, to win the next two sets, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) over Maria Montoya at the No. 3 position to clinch the victory for the Bulls.

The Golden Panthers (16-5) travels to Mobile, Ala. Next weekend for the Sun Belt Conference tournament.

Final Score: South Florida 4, FIU 3

SINGLES:
No. 1 Natalie Schwartz (USF) def. Anneliese Rose (FIU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
No. 2 Mei Ly (FIU) def. Genevieve Houle (USF) 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 Jennifer Sinclair (USF) def. Maria Montoya (FIU) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1)
No. 4 Marina Raic (FIU) def. Ashlee Callahan (USF) 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 Jackie Spicijaric (USF) def. Nazly Elsawaf (FIU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Patricia Kolendo (USF) def. Dominique Rosenberg (FIU) 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES:
No. 1 Ly/Rose (FIU) def. Schwartz/Houle (USF) 9-8 (8-6)
No. 2 Sinclair/Nieto(USF) def. Elsawaf/Raic (FIU) 8-6
No. 3 Rosenberg/Montoya (FIU) def. Callahan/Spicijaric (USF) 8-3