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Women's Tennis Drops 6-1 To #14 Northwestern
2/7/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 7, 2003
MADISON, Wisc. - The Wake Forest women's tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 14 Northwestern in consolation play of the USTA/ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship Friday morning at the University of Wisconsin's Nielsen Tennis Stadium. Aimee Smith beat NU's Ruth Barnes in the No. 5 singles match and the Demon Deacon duo Katie Martzolf and Danielle Schwartz picked up an 8-3 win at No. 2 doubles.
The Wildcats won two of three doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead and then captured five of six singles matches, all in straight sets, for the 6-1 victory. Northwestern improves to 5-4 with the win and Wake Forest falls to 1-3 with the loss. The Demon Deacons take on No. 59 Tulsa tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.
The tournament can be followed on the ITA website, itatennis.com.
Singles
1. #16 Christelle Grier (NU) def. #62 Karin Coetzee (WFU) 6-2, 6-1
2. #63 Jessica Rush (NU) def. Danielle Schwartz (WFU) 6-0, 6-1
3. Andrea Yung (NU) def. #70 Katie Martzolf (WFU) 6-0, 6-1
4. #76 Jamie Peisel (NU) def. Elizabeth Proctor (WFU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Aimee Smith (WFU) def. Ruth Barnes (NU) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
6. Stacy Kokx (NU) def. Sandie Knight (WFU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. Rush/Grier (NU) def. Coetzee/Smith (WFU) 8-3
2. Martzolf/Schwartz (WFU) def. Yung/Barnes (NU) 8-3
3. Peisel/Kristi Roemer (NU) def. Proctor/Knight (WFU) 8-2
