Buckeye Women’s Tennis Defeated By Miami, 7-2 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/24/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 24, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 26 Ohio State Buckeyes wrapped up its spring break trip with a loss to the No. 25 Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes, 7-2, Wednesday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. OSUs record drops to 10-5 (3-0 Big Ten) while Miami is now 10-7.%^$
%^$The lone bright spot on the day for the Buckeyes was Kristy Dascoli (So., Bradenton, Fla.). The 1998 NCAA Singles qualifier won her ninth consecutive match, defeating Miami’s 18th-ranked Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6-4, 6-2. In those nine matches, Dascoli has not only won but been flat-out dominant. She has won each by straight sets and has lost an average of only four games per match during the winning streak.%^$
%^$Unfortunately for Ohio State, Dascoli’s efforts were not enough to bring home a victory. Each of the other singles slots went the Hurricanes way. The only other point OSU was able to win was at No. 1 doubles, where the doubles team of Dascoli and Briana Harris (So., Bradenton, Fla.), ranked No. 15 in the nation, defeated Skavronskaia and Eva Jimenez, 8-4.%^$
%^$The end of the spring break trip signals the completion of OSUs non-conference schedule. The Buckeyes return home to take on Indiana, March 27.%^$
%^$Match Score%^$
%^$No. 26 Ohio State 2%^$No. 25 Miami 7%^$%^$Individual Scores
%^$Singles
%^$No. 1 – Kristy Dascoli, Ohio State def. No. 18 Lioudmilla Skavronskaia, Miami 6-4, 6-2
%^$No. 2 – Katia Bogomolova, Miami def. Michelle Matko, Ohio State 6-1, 7-5
%^$No. 3 – Marcy Hora, Miami def. Briana Harris, Ohio State 6-1, 6-3
%^$No. 4 – Eva Jimenez, Miami def. Monica Rincon, Ohio State 6-2, 6-2
%^$No. 5 – Alanna Broderick, Miami def. Claudia Castro, Ohio State 6-2, 6-2
%^$No. 6 – Meredith Laughlin, Miami def. Laura Maloney, Ohio State 7-5, 6-1
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%^$Doubles
%^$No. 1 – No. 15 Dascoli/Harris, Ohio State def. Skavronskaia/Jimenez, Miami 8-4
%^$No. 2 – Bogomolova/Broderick, Miami def. Matko/Rincon, Ohio State 8-3
%^$No. 3 – Hors/Cortina, Miami def. Castro/Kanepi, Ohio State 8-5
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