Women’s Tennis Records 6-1 Win over Marquette – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/3/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 3, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Ohio State women’s tennis team remained perfect on the season, as it topped Marquette, 6-1, in a nonconference match at Jesse Owens West Recreation Center today.
The Buckeyes, who are ranked No. 33 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, are now 6-0 on the season and 1-0 in the Big Ten. They have won 24 of their last 27 home matches. The loss drops the Golden Eagles to 1-4 this spring.
For the sixth consecutive match, the Buckeyes did not drop a doubles match and earned the doubles point. Monica Rincon (Sr., Lapeer, Mich./West) and Meaghan Colville (So., Toronto, Ontario/Western Michigan) defeated the Golden Eagles’ Gen Charron and Vero Brisano at No. 1, 8-3. At No. 2 match Buckeyes Erica Fisk (So., Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) and Sadhaf Pervez (Jr., Warren, N.J./Watchung Hills) won easily, 8-1, over Anna Pavlovic and Eva Trujillo. Michelle Matko (Jr., Aurora, Ill./Aurora West) and Lindsay Williams (So., Beverly Hills, Mich./Birmingham Groves) completed the Buckeye sweep, beating Alex Stankovic and Belle Espinos, 8-6.
Ohio State won at the top five singles positions. Rincon recorded an easy win at No. 1, shutting out Charron, 6-0, 6-0. Against Trujillo, Fisk struggled through the first set, winning 7-5, before going on to win the second set, 6-1. Pervez topped Espinosa at No. 3, Matko beat Briseno at No. 4 and Williams defeated Pavlovic at No. 5 in straight sets. Against Alex Stankovic at No. 6, Lindsay Bryan (Fr., New Orleans, La./Ursuline Academy) lost the first set but battled back to even the match in the second. Bryan then lost in a tiebreaker. After a weekend off, the Buckeyes continue their homestand when they play host to Maryland at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and Kansas at 10 a.m. Feb. 17. The matches will be contested at Jesse Owens West Recreation Center. Admission is free.
Ohio State 6, Marquette 1 Feb. 3, Columbus, Ohio Jesse Owens West Recreation Center
Singles No. 1 Monica Rincon (OSU) def. Gen Charron (MU) 6-0, 6-0 No. 2 Erica Fisk (OSU) def. Eva Trujillo (MU) 7-5, 6-1 No. 3 Sadhaf Pervez (OSU) def. Belle Espinosa (MU) 6-0, 6-4 No. 4 Michelle Matko (OSU) def. Vero Briseno (MU) 6-2, 6-1 No. 5 Lindsay Williams (OSU) def. Anna Pavlovic (MU) 6-4, 7-5 No. 6 Alex Stankovic (MU) def. Lindsay Bryan (OSU) 6-2, 2-6 (8) Doubles No. 1 Rincon/Colville (OSU) def. Charron/Brisano (MU) 8-3 No. 2 Fisk/Pervez (OSU) def. Pavlovic/Trujillo (MU) 8-1 No. 3 Matko/Williams (OSU) def. Stankovic/Espinosa (MU) 8-6
