Women’s Tennis Turns Back Michigan – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/7/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 7, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio– The Ohio State women’s tennis team received all it could handle from rival Michigan in a Saturday afternoon match. The spring weather was perfect, but OSU (14-5, 5-0 Big Ten) needed to rely on the doubles point to put them over the top and claim a 4-3 win over the Wolverines (7-7, 1-4 Big Ten). The Buckeyes have now won five in a row and 10 of their last 12 matches.
The Buckeyes won three singles matches-all in straight sets. At No. 1 Kristy Dascoli (Sr., Bradenton, Fla.), thumped Ohio product Kavitha Tipirneni 6-1, 6-3.The energetic Sadhaf Pervez (So., Warren, N.J.) won easily at the No. 3 spot by dropping Szandra Fuzesi 6-3, 6-4. OSU’s final singles win came at the No. 6 spot where Lindsay Williams (Fr., Beverly Hills, Mich.) breezed to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Jennifer Duprez.
The most exciting match of the day was at No. 2 singles. Monica Rincon (Jr., Lapeer, Mich.) battled Christine Nolan in a three-set thriller. Rincon lost the first set and then fought back to win the second. In the end Nolan prevailed 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in the match worthy of being called an instant classic.
The Buckeyes won two of the three doubles matches to win the point. At No. 1 Dascoli and Rincon won 9-8 (5) over Kimberly Plaushines and Fuzesi. The duo of Pervez and Laura Maloney (Sr., Barrington, Ill.) picked up their fourteenth victory by defeating Jennifer Vaughn and Duprez.
The Buckeyes, who have won 12 regular-season Big Ten matches in a row, face Michigan State tomorrow at 10 a.m. The match will be contested at the Stickney Tennis Center weather permitting.
Ohio State 4, Michigan 3 April 7, 2001, Columbus, Ohio Singles 1. Kristy Dascoli, OSU def. Kavitha Tipirneni, UM 6-1, 6-3 2. Christine Nolan, UM def. Monica Rincon, OSU 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 3. Sadhaf Pervez, OSU def. Szandra Fuzesi, UM 6-3, 6-4 4. Jennifer Vaughn, UM def. Erica Fisk, OSU 6-2, 7-6 5. Joanne Musgrove, UM def. Laura Maloney, OSU 6-4, 7-6 (11-9) 6. Lindsay Williams, OSU def. Jennifer Duprez, UM 6-1, 6-3 Doubles 1. Dascoli/Rincon, OSU def. Kimberly Plaushines/Fuzesi, UM 9-8 (5) 2. Pervez/Maloney, OSU def. Jennifer Vaughn/Duprez, UM 8-4 3. Nolan/Tipirneni, UM def. Claudia Castro/Fisk, OSU 8-5 Records Ohio State 14-5, 5-0 Michigan 7-7, 1-4
