Sept. 29, 2001

NKU CLINCHES GLVC TOP SEED

Norse wrap up fourth straight unbeaten GLVC regular season

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Northern Kentucky University women’s tennis team clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships Saturday with a pair of road wins against the University of Missouri-St. Louis (9-0) and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (7-2). NKU wrapped up its fourth consecutive unbeaten GLVC regular season with the two victories and extended its win streak against GLVC opponents to 48. NKU has not lost to a GLVC foe since Lewis University posted a 5-4 win against the Norse during the 1997 GLVC Championships. NKU senior Jamie O’Hara posted a pair of wins in No. 1 singles competition Saturday and is now 42-0 all-time against GLVC opponents. O’Hara is the three-time GLVC Player of the Year. NKU - the three-time defending champion of the GLVC - is 9-1 overall, 9-0 in the GLVC. The Norse will begin defense of their GLVC title Oct. 12 at Indianapolis, Ind. NKU 9, UM-St. Louis 0 Singles 1. Jamie O'Hara def. Casie Skaggs, 6-1, 6-1 2. Juliana Hite def. Lauren Spangler, 6-0, 6-0 3. Elizabeth Brunsman def. Katie Duffy, 6-0, 6-2 4. Lindsay England def. Chrissy Duffy, 6-2, 6-1 5. Amity Chapman def. Christy Bronson, 6-1, 6-1 6. Jessica Smith (NKU) def. Wendy Young, 6-1, 6-0 Doubles 1. O'Hara/ Hite def. Skaggs/C. Duffy, 8-2 2. Brunsman/England def. Spangler/Young, 8-5 3. Chapman/Dausch def. K. Duffy/Bronson, 8-5 NKU 7, SIUE 2 Singles 1. O'Hara (NKU) def. Amber Stanley, 6-4, 6-0 2. Hite (NKU) def. Laura Zeeb, 6-0, 6-4 3. Brunsman (NKU) def. Coryn Reich, 6-1, 6-0 4. England (NKU) def. Chrissy Yingst, 6-0, 6-1 5. Chapman (NKU) def. Allison Coats, 6-1, 6-2 6. Smith (NKU) def. Keli Keener, 6-4, 6-4 Doubles 1. O'Hara/ Hite (NKU) def. Stanley/Zeeb, 8-3 2. Reich/Yingst (SIUE) def. Brunsman/England, 8-5 3. Coats/Keener (SIUE) def. Chapman/Dausch, 8-3