Wildcats Handle Golden Eagles With Ease

Feb. 3, 2001

The No. 16 Northwestern women's tennis team jumped Marquette from the start and left the Helfaer Tennis Stadium with a convincing 7-0 victory. The defeat puts the Golden Eagles, ranked No. 61, at 2-3 on the season.

Freshman Anabelle Espinosa, at No. 3 singles, forced a tiebreaker in the first set, but couldn't finish off Shannon Duffy. Espinosa lost the match 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Ana Pavlovic dropped her first set to Jessica Rush 6-3 but came back in her second set before losing it 7-5.

Pairing up at No. 2 doubles, Espinosa and Pavlovic nearly defeated Duffy and Marine Piriou but ended up dropping the match 9-7.

The Golden Eagles will continue their Big Ten tour as they match up against Indiana tomorrow at the Helfaer Tennis Stadium. The action will begin at 10 a.m.

Northwestern 7, Marquette 0

Colleen Cheng, NU def. Laura Garcia, MU 6-4, 6-1

Lia Jackson, NU def. Genevieve Charron, MU 6-3, 6-1

Shannon Duffy, NU def. Anabelle Espinosa, MU 7-6 (4), 6-4

Simona Petrutiu, NU def. Eva Trujillo-Herrera, MU 6-0, 6-0

Jessica Rush, NU def. Ana Paclovic, MU 6-3, 7-5

Ruth Barnes, NU def. Sommer LaValley, MU 6-2, 6-1

Cheng/Rush, NU def. Garcia/Charron, MU 8-6

Duffy/Piriou, NU def. Espinosa/Pavlovic, MU 9-7

Jackson/Petrutiu, NU def. LaValley/Alex Stankovic, MU 8-4