University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Sweeps Mount St. Mary's, 7-0
3/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
ORLANDO, FL (March 7) - With a clean sweep of all six singles matches and all three doubles matches, the University of Connecticut women’s tennis team defeated Mount St. Mary’s College by a score of 7-0 on Sunday.
All the singles matches were decided in straight sets, and freshman Ashley Petruzzi pulled off the two-set win without giving up a single game at the No. 5 spot. Junior Whitney Simcik at the No. 1 spot, and freshman Christi Lazar at the No. 6 spot, each gave up just one game in two sets.
Simcik and junior Barbara Schumsky nearly pulled off a shutout at the No. 1 doubles position, but dropped just one game to win by a score of 8-1.
The team will return to action on Tuesday, March 9 when they play James Madison University at 11:30 a.m. at a neutral site in Orlando, Fla.
Full results are as follows:
Singles
No. 1 - Whitney Simcik (UC) def. Jennifer Iosue (MSM), 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 - Jen LoRusso (UC) def. Katie Meuthing (MSM), 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 - Barbara Schumsky (UC) def. Kelli Louis (MSM), 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 - Christine Burek (UC) def. Whitney Edmonds (MSM), 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 - Ashley Petruzzi (UC) def. Heather Whetstone (MSM), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 - Christi Lazar (UC) def. Alicia Patterson (MSM), 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 - Simcik/Schumsky (UC) def. Meuthing/Edmonds (MSM), 8-1
No. 2 - Burek/Petruzzi (UC) def. Iosue/Louis (MSM), 8-2
No. 3 - LoRusso/Lazar (UC) def. Whetstone/Patterson (MSM), 8-4
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