Women’s Tennis Tops Bowling Green, 7-0 – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/9/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 9, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s tennis won all three doubles matches and all six singles matches to defeat Bowling Green, 7-0, at Jesse Owens West Recreation Center. The win improves No. 38-ranked Ohio State’s record to 12-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten, while the Falcons fell to 1-7 on the season. The victory marked OSU’s 10th consecutive home win, one short of the program record for consecutive home wins of 11.
Ohio State won the doubles point for the 12th time this spring, as it swept the doubles competition. At No. 1, Buckeyes Monica Rincon (Sr., Lapeer, Mich./West) and Meaghan Colville (So., Toronto, Ontario/Western Michigan) defeated the duo of Devon Bissinger and Susie Schoenberger, 8-2. At No. 2, OSU’s Erica Fisk (So., Indianapolis, Ind./Pike) and Sadhaf Pervez (Jr., Warren, N.J./Watchung Hills) beat the Falcon’s No. 2 pair of Lisa Maloney and Garby Coello, 8-3. Claudia Castro (Dublin, Oh../Aquinas) and Lindsey Adams (Mercer Island, Wash../Mercer Island) won at No. 3, topping Bowling Green’s Jessica Johnson and Alyson Gabel, 8-3.
The Buckeyes won at all six singles spots for the win. No. 54 Rincon easily defeated Maloney, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 1 and No. 48 Fisk beat Bissinger at No. 2 in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0. Pervez, ranked 119th in the nation, followed suit with another Buckeye singles victory, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 3 three spot over Schoenberger. Matko kept the ball rolling as she topped the Falcon’s No. 4 Alyson Gabel, 6-3, 6-2. Colville took care of business against BGSU’s Laura Kokinda beating her in two sets, 6-1, 6-2. OSU’s Castro rounded out the Buckeyes’ rotation with a straight set victory over the Falcon’s No. 6 Cameron Benjamin. The Buckeyes return to action tonight when they play host to Drake University at 6 p.m in Jesse Owens West Recreation Center.
No. 38 Ohio State 7, Bowling Green 0 Jese Owens West Recreation Center, Columbus, Ohio March 9, 2002
Singles No. 1: #85 Monica Rincon (OSU) d. Lisa Maloney (BG) 6-2, 6-1 No. 2: #49 Erica Fisk (OSU) d. Devon Bissinger (BG) 6-1, 6-0 No. 3: #82 Sadhaf Pervez (OSU) d. Susie Schoenberger (BG) 6-2, 6-1 No. 4: Michelle Matko (OSU) d. Alyson Gabel (BG) 6-3, 6-2 No. 5: Meaghan Colville (OSU) d. Laura Kokinda (BG) 6-1, 6-2 No. 6: Claudia Castro (OSU) d. Cameron Benjamin (BG) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles No. 1: Meaghan Colville/Rincon (OSU) d. Bissinger/Schoenberger (BG) 8-2 No. 2: Fisk/Pervez (OSU) d. Maloney/Garby Coells (BG) 8-3 No. 3: Castro/Lindsey Adams(OSU) d. Jessica Johnson/Gabel (BG) 8-3
Team Records: Ohio State 12-2, Bowling Green 1-7
