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UIC Handles Cleveland State, 6-1

UIC Handles Cleveland State, 6-1

April 12, 2009

Final Stats

Contact: Dana Ingraham

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland State women's tennis went down rather quietly to UIC Saturday afternoon, dropping a 6-1 decision at River Oaks Racquet Club.

A bright spot for the Vikings came early during doubles play, as CSU was able to take two out of three from UIC to secure the first point of the match.

Unfortunately, that is as far as the lead would go for Cleveland State. The Vikings split the first six sets, with first-set victories coming from Jackie Tabb, Sanda Bjelan, and Myra Pepino. CSU was unable to carry the early momentum into the second and third sets, eventually falling at all six spots.

"I was very excited we got the double point to start off; this is the first time since I have been at Cleveland State that we have been able to do that against UIC," head coach Brian Etzkin said. "That was a great start for us, but we need to take advantage of those situations when we are ahead by taking what we do well in the first set and carrying it through to the end of the match.

"We proved we can win the doubles point, but one point is not what we are playing for. We can still achieve a high seed [in the conference tournament] if we find ways to close out matches when we are ahead and get back in matches when we are not."

The women's team is 14-9 this season and 4-2 in the Horizon League. CSU will have another opportunity at one of the top teams in the conference Sunday morning when it will host Butler outdoors at the Malaga Tennis Center.

UIC 6, Cleveland State 1
April 11, River Oaks Racquet Club

Doubles
1. Bjerrehus/Gibbons (CSU) def. Kovaleva/McPhillips (UIC), 9-8(5)
2. Cristescu/Antakova (UIC) def. Bjelan/Pepino (CSU), 8-2
3. Tabb/Holzinger (CSU) def. Jellish/Reisch (UIC), 8-3
Singles
1. Mariya Kovaleva (UIC) def. Catrine Bjerrehus (CSU), 6-3, 6-0
2. Ilinca Cristescu (UIC) def. Charlotte Gibbons (CSU), 6-4, 6-3
3. Kristen McPhillips (UIC) def. Melissa Holzinger (CSU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Elena Antakova (UIC) def. Jackie Tabb (CSU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Amy Jellish (UIC) def. Sanda Bjelan (CSU), 6-7, 6-0, 10-4
6. Jenna Reisch (UIC) def. Myra Pepino (CSU), 1-6, 6-4, 6-1