Women’s Tennis Narrowly Defeated by No. 5 Duke, 5-4 – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/12/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 12, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 36 Ohio State women’s tennis team lost to No. 5 Duke, 5-4, in Durham, N.C. on Saturday. The match was tied, 4-4, when Duke’s Brooke Siebel and Erica Biro, the 25th-ranked duo in the country, defeated Claudia Castro (So., Dublin, Ohio) and Michelle Matko (So., Aurora, Ill.), 8-5, at No. 2 doubles to give the Blue Devils the win. The Buckeyes’ winning streak was stopped at five, as the squad suffered its first defeat of the spring.%^$
%^$ The Buckeyes (5-1) won at the top three singles spots. No. 39 Kristy Dascoli (Jr., Bradenton, Fla.) upset No. 17-ranked Megan Miller, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1, while at No. 2 Monica Rincon (So., Lapeer, Mich.) won over No. 31 Kathy Sell in three sets (6-2, 3-6, 7-5). After losing the first set of the match, Matko won the final two sets to defeat Duke’s Hillary Adams at No. 3.%^$
%^$ Ohio State claimed one doubles victory, as Dascoli and Rincon won easily at No. 1 over Adams and Miller, 8-1. The tandem of Sadhaf Pervez (Fr., Warren, N.J.) and Laura Maloney (Jr., Barrington, Ill.) suffered its first loss of the spring, falling to Sell and Katie Granson.%^$
%^$ The Buckeyes return home to face Cincinnati Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the Jesse Owens West Recreation Center.%^$
%^$No. 5 Duke 4, No. 36 Ohio State 4
%^$Feb. 12, 2000, Durham, N.C.%^$
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Singles%^$1. Kristy Dascoli, OSU def. Megan Miller, Duke 6-2, 6-3%^$2. Monica Rincon, OSU def. Kathy Sell, Duke 6-2, 3-6, 7-5%^$3. Michelle Matko, OSU def. Hillary Adams, Duke 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-2%^$4. Erica Biro, Duke def. Sadhaf Pervez, OSU 6-2, 6-1%^$5. Brooke Siebel, Duke def. Claudia Castro, OSU 6-4, 6-3%^$6. Prim Siripipat, Duke, def. Laura Maloney, OSU 6-3, 6-0%^$Doubles%^$1. Dascoli/Rincon, Ohio State def. Adams/Miller, Duke 8-1%^$2. Siebel/Biro, Duke def. Castro/Matko, Ohio State 8-5%^$3. Sell/Granson, Ohio State def. Pervez/Maloney, Ohio State 8-6%^$Records: Ohio State, 5-1, Duke, 4-1%^$
–GO BUCKS!–
