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Purdue Fort Wayne
SOUTHERN UTAH
IPFW falls in Summit Tournament Opener
4/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 25, 2008
Fort Wayne, IN - The IPFW women's tennis team fell 4-2 to the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds on Friday evening in a marathon-match. The team dropped their Summit League tournament opener in a match that lasted over three hours, and finished at 11:15 PM.
Things looked promising for the Mastodons, as they took the doubles point after 8-4 wins at No. 1 and No. 2 pairs. The duo of Ashley Coulson and Stacy Lish won at No. 1 with Amy Recht and Sachi Janek taking No. 2. The doubles win looked promising for IPFW, as the squad was 19-1 in matches in which they win the doubles point.
Southern Utah evened the score at one point apiece with a win at No. 3 singles, before Recht continued her winning streak, taking her 16th straight singles match, the last six in straight sets, and this one 6-4, 6-0.
With the `Dons up 2-1, the rest of the night belonged to the Thunderbirds, as the visitors from Cedar City, Utah, picked up a 7-5, 6-1 win at No. 4, before Kateryna Drynova won a hard-fought battle at No. 2 over Sachi Janek by a 6-3, 7-5 score. Southern Utah picked up their final win at No. 5, where Carmen Blanco out-lasted IPFW's Hanna Hager by a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 score, securing the win and advancing the Thunderbirds to the tournament championship game.
With the loss, IPFW falls to 19-9 on the season. Southern Utah will face off against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, 4-1 winners over Western Illinois earlier in the day.
