Women’s Tennis Doubles Team Defeated At All-American Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/11/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Oct. 11, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Ohio State women’s tennis players, Monica Rincon (Sr., Lapeer, Mich./West) and Erica Fisk (So., Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) lost their first round doubles match at the Riviera All-American Championships on Thursday. The event is being held in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Rincon and Fisk, who are ranked No. 33 in the nation, fell to the No. 16 tandem, Lauren Barnikow and Erin Burdette of Stanford, 8-5. The Buckeye duo received a wild card berth to this prestigious event by winning the ITA National Summer Championships on Aug. 14 at Indiana University. Rincon and Fisk beat North Carolina’s Kendall Cline and TCU’s Saber Pierce, 8-6, in the final.
The Buckeye tandem will participate in a consolation draw Friday. Their opponent and time of the match has yet to be announced.
The next tournament for the entire Buckeye team is Oct. 25-30 at the ITA Midwest Regional in Madison, Wisc.
Oct. 6, Pacific Palisades, Calif. All-American Championships Doubles First Round No. 16 Barnikow/Burdette, SU def. No. 33 Rincon/Fisk, OSU 8-5
