April 10, 2004

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Visiting Miami University picked up a 7-0 victory over the Bowling Green State University tennis team Friday afternoon (April 9). The Mid-American Conference dual match was held at Keefe Courts on the BGSU campus.

With the win, the RedHawks improve to 11-9 overall and 4-2 in MAC play, while the Falcons fall to 9-10 and 3-4, respectively.

The RedHawks captured a narrow decision at the top doubles flight. The team of Katrina Lomdize and Linda Jirouskova eked past the Falcon duo of senior Lisa Maloney and junior Susie Schoenberger by a 9-8 result. That completed an MU sweep of the three doubles matches, as the visitors took the first point of the match.

In singles, the RedHawks won all six matches, with three requiring a third set. BGSU's Schoenberger lost a close match to Lomidze at the top flight, including a 7-5 score in the third set. Junior Nancy Wiegand needed a tiebreaker after splitting two fourth-flight sets with BGSU's Ashley Jakupcin to put her away, while senior Ilze Meyer did the same at the sixth flight against Cameron Benjamin.

The RedHawks remain on the road for a Saturday match at Ball State. The three doubles flights are set to begin at 1 p.m.

Miami 7, BGSU 0


Singles

1 - Katrina Lomidze (MU) def. Susie Schoenberger 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
2 - Linda Jirouskova (MU) def. Lisa Maloney 6-1, 7-6 (3)
3 - Megan Zimpfer (MU) def. Gaby Coello 6-2, 6-1
4 - Nancy Wiegand (MU) def. Ashley Jakupcin 2-6, 7-6 (2), 1-0 (8)
5 - Remy Swain (MU) def. Heidi Romer 6-2, 6-1
6 - Ilze Meyer (MU) def. Cameron Benjamin 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (6)
# - Laura Vlasek (MU) def. Andrea Meister 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (9)


Doubles

1 - Jirouskova/Lomidze (MU) def. Maloney/Schoenberger 9-8 (3)
2 - Swain/Zimpfer (MU) def. Meister/Romer 8-0
3 - Wiegand/Maura Trauernicht (MU) def. Jakupcin/Jessica Johnson 8-2
# - Meyer/Vlasek (MU) def. Benjamin/Erica Wolfe 8-0


# Exhibition; not included in match scoring