Women’s Tennis Falls to Iowa, 5-2 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 26, 2000
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 31 Ohio State women’s tennis team lost its first conference match of the spring, falling, 5-2, to Iowa Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa. The Buckeyes dropped to 8-6 on the season and 2-1 in the Big Ten.
The Buckeyes claimed two singles matches in the contest. OSU’s Kristy Dascoli (Jr., Bradenton, Fla.) won over Shera Wiegler in two sets, while Laura Maloney (Jr., Barrington, Ill.) recorded a victory at No. 5 over Erica Johnson. Monica Rincon (So., Lapeer, Mich.) suffered a three-set loss to Iowa’s Toni Neykova at No. 2.
After seven-consecutive road matches, the Buckeyes return home to face Penn State, Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Stickney Tennis Center.
Iowa 5, Ohio State 2 March 26, 2000, Iowa City, Iowa Singles 1.Kristy Dascoli (OSU) def. Shera Wiegler (UI) 6-2, 6-4 2.Toni Neykova (UI) def. Monica Rincon (OSU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 3.Netalya Dawaf (UI) def. Michelle Matko (OSU) 6-2, 6-0 4.Megan Kearney (UI) def. Sadhaf Pervez (OSU) 6-4, 6-2 5.Laura Maloney (OSU) def. Erica Johnson (UI) 6-4, 6-2 6.Steffi Hoch (UI) def. Taryn Bowen (OSU) 6-3, 6-3 Doubles 1.Wiegler/Neykova (UI) def. Dascoli/Rincon (OSU) 8-4 2.Dawaf/Sinclair (UI) def. Maloney/Pervez (OSU) 8-4 3.Johnson/Kearney def. Matko/Castro(OSU) 8-0
–GO BUCKS!–
