Women’s Tennis Defeats Miami – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/15/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 15, 1998
Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s tennis team knocked off the Miami RedHawks (8-12) 5-2 at the Stickney Tennis Center to get its first win in five matches.
The Buckeyes (8-11, 1-6) came back to win the meet after losing the doubles point to the RedHawks. Ohio State took five of the six singles points on their road to victory.
Ohio State freshman Kristy Dascoli (Bradenton, Fla.) won her match at the No. 1 position after the RedHawk’s Natalia Soetrisno was injured during play and was forced to retire. Dascoli has won 10 out of her last 11 matches and improved her singles record to 21-8.
The Buckeye upper classmen stepped up their games a notch turning in solid performances. Winning for the Buckeyes in two sets were Carolina Nahuz (Sr., Sao Paulo, Brazil), Amanda Yeley (Sr., Wheelersburg, Ohio) and Monica Koplas (Jr., Scarborough, Ontario).
In the longest match of the day, Briana Harris (Fr., Bradenton, Fla.) won in three sets 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The Buckeyes will be home again this weekend at the Stickney Tennis Center. Ohio State will face Big Ten opponents Purdue and Illinois on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Ohio State 5, Miami (O.) 2 Stickney Tennis Center Columbus, Ohio
Singles
1st Kristy Dascoli, Ohio State def. Natalia Soetrisno, MU 1-6, 5-0, ret. 2nd Brianna Harris, Ohio State def. Ivona Grujic, MU 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 3rd Mandy Yeley, Ohio State def. Elin Bengtsson, MU 6-4, 6-2 4th Janet Baker, MU def. Kadri Kanepi, Ohio State 6-4, 6-2 5th Carolina Nahuz, Ohio State def. Margit Berrios, MU 6-3, 6-2 6th Monica Koplas, Ohio State def. Gretchen Berrios, MU 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
1st Soetrismo-Grujic, MU def. Dascoli-Harris, Ohio State 8-5 2nd Yeley-Nahuz, Ohio State def. Baker-Nelson, MU 8-4 3rd Bengtsson- Berrios, MU def. Kanepi-Zimpfer, Ohio State 8-5
