Women's Tennis Falls to No. 11 Vanderbilt
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
February 14, 1999
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The eleventh-ranked Vanderbilt women's tennis team rolled to a 7-2 win today over No. 9 Wake Forest at Vanderbilt's Currey Tennis Center. The win improves to Commodores to 3-0 on the year while the Demon Deacons slip to 0-2.
In a clash of top 10 players at No. 1 singles, 10th ranked Mariel Verban of Wake Forest downed seventh ranked Julie Ditty of Vanderbilt, 6-3, 6-3. The Commodores posted wins at No. 2 through 5 singles. Callie Creighton defeated Jackie Houston, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2, Kristy Blumberg downed Maren Haus, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3, Anne Plessinger defeated 51st ranked Janet Bergman, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 at No. 4 and freshman Jenny Miller picked up her first dual match win, 6-4, 6-3 over Annemarie Milton. Lea Miller was a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5) winner for the Deacons at No. 6 singles over Kate Burson of Vanderbilt.
Ditty and Kristen Radford won what proved to be the deciding match of the match by defeating Verban and Bergman, 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. Blumberg and Burson, along with Creighton and Plessinger were both 8-4 doubles winners for Vanderbilt at No. 2 and No. 3 respectively.
The Commodores return to action at the National Team Indoor Championships next weekend in Madison, Wisconsin. Each of the 16 teams selected for the field are amongst the nation' s top 29.
Records: Vanderbilt 3-0, Wake Forest 0-2
Singles Results
No. 1 No. 10 Mariel Verban (WFU) def. No. 7 Julie Ditty (VU) 6-3, 6-3 No. 2 No. 64 Callie Creighton (VU) def. Jackie Houston (WFU) 6-2, 6-1 No. 3 No. 83 Kristy Blumberg (VU) def. Maren Haus (WFU) 6-4, 6-2 No. 4 Anne Plessinger (VU) def. No. 51 Janet Bergman (WFU) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 No. 5 Jenny Miller (VU) def. Annemarie Milton (WFU) 6-4, 6-3 No. 6 Lea Miller (WFU) def. Kate Burson (VU) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
Doubles Results
No. 1 Ditty/Kristen Radford (VU) def. Verban/Bergman (WFU) 8-3 No. 2 No. 21 Blumberg/Burson (VU) def. Haus/Caroline Ullring (WFU) 8-4 No. 3 Creighton/Plessinger (VU) def. Milton/Miller (WFU) 8-4
