Women’s Tennis Defeated by Indiana, 5-2 – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 13, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio– The Ohio State women’s tennis team suffered its first Big Ten loss of the season Friday afternoon, falling 5-2, to Indiana at the Stickney Tennis Center. The match lasted nearly four and half hours and featured four matches that went three sets. The defeat was OSU’s first regular-season Big Ten loss since Iowa dropped the Buckeyes last year in Iowa City. With the loss OSU falls to 15-6 overall and 6-1 in the Big Ten. The victory lifts the Hoosiers to 14-7 overall and 5-2 in the Big Ten.
The match started with IU claiming the doubles point by winning two of the three doubles matches. The Buckeyes’ lone win was at No. 1 where Kristy Dascoli (Sr., Bradenton, Fla.) and Monica Rincon (Jr., Lapeer, Mich.) came back from an early deficit to post an 8-6 victory over Kelly Blanch and J.J. Lavin. At No. 2 Sadhaf Pervez (So., Warren, N.J.) and Laura Maloney (Sr., Barrington, Ill.) played an epic match against Karie Schlukebir and Linda Tran. The Hoosiers prevailed as they won 9-8 (9-7).
Four of the six singles matches went to three sets. Pervez and Lindsay Williams (Fr., Beverly Hills, Mich.) recorded OSU’s two singles wins. Pervez bested Tran 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 at No. 3 and Williams picked up her 13th win of the year as she defeated Martina Grimm 5-7, 6-0, 5-2 (Default). At No. 1 Dascoli lost the first set, rallied to win the second, but fell to Blanch 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 at No. 1.
OSU will look to rebound Sunday when it plays host to Purdue at 10 a.m. The match will be contested at the Stickney Tennis Center, weather permitting.
Indiana 5, Ohio State 2 April 13, 2001, Columbus, Ohio Singles 1. Kelly Blanch, IU def. Kristy Dascoli, OSU 6-2, 1-6, 7-5 2. Amanda Field, IU def. Monica Rincon, OSU 6-3, 7-5 3. Sadhaf Pervez, OSU def. Linda Tran, IU 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 4. J.J. Levin, IU def. Erica Fisk, OSU 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 5. Karie Schlukebir, IU def. Laura Maloney, OSU 6-4, 7-6 (5) 6. Lindsay Williams, OSU def. Martina Grimm 5-7, 6-0, 5-2 (Default) Doubles 1. Dascoli/Rincon, OSU def. Blanch/Levin, IU 8-6 2. Schlukebir/Tran, IU def. Pervez/Maloney, OSU 9-8 (9-7) 3. Field/Jennifer Hsia, IU def. Fisk/Claudia Castro, OSU 8-0 Records Ohio State 15-7, 6-1 Big Ten Indiana 14-7, 5-2 Big Ten
