Women's Tennis Drops Match to Michigan
3/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 17, 2001
MILWAUKEE - Marquette won only at the no. 1 singles and doubles spots as it dropped a dual match to Michigan, 6-1.
Laura Garcia was a straight set winner over Karitha Tipirneni, 6-4, 7-6. Garcia also teamed up with Genevieve Charron to defeate Jen Duprez and Jen Vaughn, 8-6, but lost the doubles point by falling at the no. 2 and no. 3 doubles positions.
Despite the 6-1 result, the contest wasn't seemingly easy for Michigan as Marquette forced three-set matches at the nos. 2, 3, and 4 spots.
Marquette continues its season on Wednesday, March 21 with a 4 p.m. match at Wisconsin.
MICHIGAN 6, MARQUETTE 1Singles
No. 1: Laura Garcia, MAR, d. Karitha Tipirneni, MICH: 6-4, 7-6 No. 2: Chrissie Nolan, MICH, d. Genevieve Charron, MAR: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 No. 3: Szandra Tuezesi, MICH, d. Eva Trujillo, MAR: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 No. 4: Jen Vaughn, MICH, d. Anna Pavlovic, MAR: 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 No. 5: Joanne Musgrove, MICH, d. Sommer LaValley, MAR: 6-0, 6-1 No. 6: Jen Duprez, MICH, d. Vero Briseno, MAR: 7-6, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1: Charron/Garcia, MAR, d. Duprez/Vaughn, MICH: 8-6 No. 2: Alison Sinclair/Tuezesi, MICH, d. Pavlovic/Briseno, MAR: 8-3 No. 3: Nolan/Tipirneni, MICH, d. Trujillo/Stankovic, MAR: 8-4