Jan. 23, 2011
Complete Results
HAMILTON, Ohio -- For the second straight day, Miami Tennis swept a local rival, defeating Dayton 7-0 Sunday at the Riverside Racquet Club. The RedHawks won two of three in doubles, then captured every singles match, replicating yesterday's result against Xavier.
Miami's Stephanie Danesis and Megan Martzolf cruised to an 8-0 victory over Claire Dreyer and Claire McNulty at No. 1 doubles, but Dayton pulled even with an 8-3 decision at No. 2. In the match, Riekie Honiball and Katie Thome led 3-2 early on, but Laina Grote and Loni Dickerhoff rattled off six straight game to earn the win.
The point rested in the hands of Anastasia Dracheva and Nimisha Mohan. The teams traded breaks for the first four games, before the Miami duo broke the 2-2 tie with wins in the next six games to put Miami up 1-0.
Miami (2-0) quickly opened a 5-0 lead as RedHawks dropped just four games in the first four singles matches. Dracheva, ranked 13th in the Ohio Valley Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis, started things off by dispatching Julie Kirkland 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2. while Mohan (No. 5) and Cara Wald (No. 6) each posted 6-1, 6-0 victories over Maureen Stevens and Claire McNulty, respectively.
Martzolf earned her 25th straight dual match win, knocking off Loni Dickerhoof at No. 3 by a 6-0, 6-2 count. No. 1 Danesis topped Claire Dreyer 6-2, 6-4, while Honiball completed the sweep by dropping Laina Grote 6-1, 7-5.
"Overall, it was a pretty good day," Head Coach Anca Dumitrescu said. "The girls competed well and stuck with the game plan in singles. It was good to see Anastasia as the catalyst in singles, getting us off to a quick start. I also thought it was good for us to be challenged again doubles so we can identify areas to improve."
Miami returns to action next weekend with its first two road matches. The RedHawks travel to Cincinnati on Friday, then head to Indianapolis to face Butler on Saturday.
