Women’s Tennis Whips Iowa, 6-1 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/24/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 24, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio– The Ohio State women’s tennis team is now 3-0 in the Big Ten after they crushed the Iowa Hawkeyes, 6-1, Saturday afternoon. The No. 40 Buckeyes are 11-5 overall and 3-0 in the Big Ten after upsetting No. 36 Iowa. The Hawkeyes fall to 6-5 overall and 1-2 in conference play.
The Buckeyes dominated the singles matches winning five of six. At No. 1 Kristy Dascoli (Sr., Bradenton, Fla.) defeated Toni Neykova 6-4, 6-3. Monica Rincon (Jr., Lapeer, Mich.) won her ninth consecutive match with a sound 6-1, 6-4 win over Deni Alexandrova. At No. 3 Sadhaf Pervez (So., Warren, N.J.) dropped Pascale Veraverbeke 6-4, 7-6 (5).
OSU won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to win the doubles point. Dascoli and Rincon continued to gel as of late and beat Neykova and Alexandrova 8-2. The tandem of Pervez and Laura Maloney (Sr., Barrington, Ill.) bested Kearney and Scheldt, 8-2, at the number two spot.
The women’s tennis team plays its fourth Big Ten match of the year April 1 at Penn State. The match is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
Ohio State 6 Iowa 1 March 24, 2001, Iowa City, Iowa Singles 1. Kristy Dascoli, OSU def. Toni Neykova, UI 6-4, 6-3 2. Monica Rincon, OSU def. Deni Alexandrova, UI 6-1, 6-4 3. Sadhaf Pervez, OSU def. Pascale Veraverbeke, UI 6-4, 7-6 (5) 4. Erica Fisk, OSU def. Steffi Hoch, UI 7-6 (5), 6-4 (10-7) 5. Erica Johnson, UI def. Laura Maloney, OSU 6-4, 6-4 6. Lindsay Williams, OSU def. Jennifer Hodgman, UI 6-4, 6-4 Doubles 1. Dascoli/Rincon, OSU def. Neykova/Alexandrova, UI 8-6 2. Pervez/Maloney, OSU def. Kearney/Scheldt, UI 8-2 3. Johnson/Hoch, UI def. Fisk/Williams, OSU 8-1 Records Ohio State 11-5, 3-0 Iowa 6-5, 1-2
