Northwestern and Illinois Reach Final at Big Ten Championship – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/28/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 28, 2001%^$
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%^$COLUMBUS, Ohio – The top two seeds in the Big Ten Women’s Tennis Championship are still alive, as No. 1 Northwestern and No. 2 Illinois posted wins in the semifinal round today at the Stickney Tennis Center. The Wildcats topped No. 4 Ohio State, 4-0, while the Illini defeated No. 6 Penn State, 4-1.%^$
%^$Northwestern and Illinois will meet in the final at noon Sunday at the Stickney Tennis Center. The Wildcats are bidding for their third-consecutive conference tournament title. The winner of the match receives the Big Ten’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.%^$
%^$Ohio State and Northwestern split the first two doubles matches. OSU’s Kristy Dascoli and Monica Rincon defeated Colleen Cheng and Marine Piriou, 8-1, at No. 1 and Northwestern’s tandem of Jessica Rush and Lia Jackson topped Sadhaf Pervez and Laura Maloney, 8-1, at No. 2. At No. 3, the duo of Shannon Duffy and Simona Petrutiu of Northwestern posted an 8-5 victory over Erica Fisk and Claudia Castro to capture the doubles point for the Wildcats.%^$
%^$Northwestern won three matches in straight sets for the victory. Duffy clinched the win for the Wildcats by beating Pervez, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 3. Piriou topped Fisk at No. 4 (6-2, 6-2), while Rush was victorious at No. 6 over Castro (6-1, 6-2). The three matches that were abandoned all were in the third set.%^$
%^$Illinois began its match against Penn State by winning the doubles point. The tandem of Eva Choe and Carla Rosenberg defeated Penn State’s Judy Wang and Janelle Perez at No. 2 (8-2) and Jenny McGaffigan and Eldina Fazlic topped Teresa Whiteside and Leigh Ann Merryman, 8-1, at No. 3.%^$
%^$In singles, the Fighting Illini received wins at Nos. 3, 5 and 6 for the victory. Simone Kung posted a win over Wang, 6-2, 6-4, to clinch the win for Illinois. Illinois’ Michelle Webb won over Kristen Nowicki at No. 5 (7-5, 6-3) and at No. 6 Carla Rosenberg defeated Leigh Ann Merryman, 6-2, 6-3. Penn State’s Rebecca Ho recorded a win at No. 2 over Fazlic.%^$
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2001 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Championship%^$Stickney Tennis Center, Columbus, Ohio%^$Semifinals, April 28, 2001%^$
%^$No. 1 Northwestern 4, No. 4 Ohio State 0%^$Doubles%^$1. Dascoli/Rincon (OSU) def. Cheng/Pirouu (NU)%^$ 8-1%^$2. Rush/Jackson (NU) def. Pervez/Maloney (OSU)%^$ 8-1%^$3. Duffy/Petrutiu (NU) def. Fisk/Castro (OSU)%^$ 8-5%^$Singles%^$1. Kristy Dascoli (OSU) vs. Colleen Cheng (NU)%^$ 6-3 (NU), 6-2 (OSU), 3-0 (NU) abd.%^$2. Monica Rincon (OSU) vs. Lia Jackson (NU)%^$ 6-2 (NU), 6-1 (OSU), 2-2 abd.%^$*3. Shannon Duffy (NU) def. Sadhaf Pervez (OSU)%^$ 6-4, 6-4%^$4. Marine Piriou (NU) def. Erica Fisk (OSU)%^$ 6-2, 6-2%^$5. Laura Maloney (OSU) vs. Simona Petrutiu (NU)%^$ 6-2 (OSU), 6-1 (NU), 3-0 (NU) abd.%^$6. Jessica Rush (NU) def. Claudia Castro (OSU)%^$ 6-1, 6-2%^$
%^$No. 2 Illinois 4, No. 6 Penn State 1%^$Doubles%^$1. Webb/Kung (UI) vs. Montgomery/Ho (PSU)%^$ 5-4 (PSU) abd.%^$2. Choe/Rosenberg (UI) def. Wang/Perez (UI)%^$ 8-2%^$3. McGaffigan/Fazlic (UI) def. Whiteside/Merryman (PSU)%^$ 8-1%^$Singles%^$1. Jenny McGaffigan (UI) vs. Pilar Montgomery (PSU%^$ 6-1 (UI), 5-4 (UI) abd.%^$2. Rebecca Ho (PSU) def. Eldina Fazic (UI)%^$ 6-2, 6-3%^$*3. Simone Kung (UI) def. Judy Wang (PSU)%^$ 6-2, 6-4%^$4. Eva Choe (UI) vs. Janelle Perez (PSU)%^$ 6-4 (PSU), 6-3 (UI) abd.%^$5. Michelle Webb (UI) def. Kristen Nowicki (UI)%^$ 7-5, 6-3%^$6. Carla Rosenberg (UI) def. Leigh Ann Merryman (PSU)%^$ 6-2, 6-3%^$
%^$*Win clinched match%^$
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