| By
Mike Anderson, NKU Sports Information
HILTON HEAD,
S.C. – The Northern Kentucky University women's tennis
team pulled itself above .500 with a 9-0 sweep of Wheaton (Mass.)
on Monday.
NKU did not
drop a set in the victory, with the closest calls coming in the
No. 1 doubles slot as Stephanie Isaacs and Kristen Sunday defeated
Wheaton's Catherine Teague and Sara Geocaris, 9-7. Isaacs also
had a 7-6 tiebreaker win in her No. 2 singles flight against
Geocaris.
The NKU women
(2-1) will face Bloomsburg on Tuesday.
Northern
Kentucky 9, Wheaton (Mass.) 0
March 10, 2008; Hilton Head, S.C.
Doubles
Stephanie Isaacs/Kristen Sunday (NKU) def. Catherine Teague/Sarah
Geocaris (WC), 9-7
Emily Okerson/Michelle Schirmann (NKU) def. Mallory Farmer/Maya
Milic-Strkalj (WC), 8-4
Patricia Brinck/Maggie Koetter (NKU) def. Ellen Van Faasen/Katherine
Knies (WC), 8-4
Singles
Patricia Brinck (NKU) def. Catherine Teague (WC), 6-1, 6-0
Stephanie Isaacs (NKU) def. Sarah Geocaris (WC), 7-6, 6-3
Kristen Sunday (NKU) def. Katherine Knies (WC), 6-1, 6-1
Michelle Schirmann (NKU) def. Ellen Van Faasen (WC), 6-1, 6-0
Emily Okerson (NKU) def. Maya Milic-Strkalj (WC), 6-1, 6-2
Maggie Koetter (NKU) def. Mallory Farmer (WC), 6-1, 6-1 |