April 4, 2008

Results

TOLEDO, Ohio--With a 6-1 win at the University of Toledo on Friday afternoon, Miami University's women's tennis team remained undefeated in Mid-American Conference play, moving to 4-0 in league action and 10-5 on the season. It was the fourth straight win for the RedHawks, who are off to their best conference start since the 1998-99 squad went 9-0 in league play.

Miami won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to capture the first point of the match. Freshman Anastasia Dracheva and sophomore Brintney Larson pounded out a dominant 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles against Toledo's Martina Wodzinski and Maha Guirguis. Senior Leda Pesatova teamed up with freshman Sydnee Bridger to collect an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles against Toledo's Ashley Frey and Nadia Zoubareva to secure the doubles point as the Rockets earned an 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles.

The RedHawks won in the second through sixth flights in singles play en route to the 6-1 win. Larson earned a three-set win against Frey at No. 2 singles to move to 4-0 in conference play. Larson edged Frey 7-5 in the first set before dropping the second set 3-6. She rebounded with a solid 6-2 win in the third set to pick up the win.

Pesatova downed Guirguis at No. 3 singles, winning 6-2, 7-6 (3), while freshman Megan Martzolf defeated Toledo's Jenny Belsky 6-4, 7-6 (2) at No. 4 singles to capture the win in her first singles appearance in league play.

Senior Kelly Douple improved to 4-0 in MAC action with a 6-2, 6-4 win in the fifth flight against Zoubareva, while Bridger outlasted Toledo's Jessica Azoulay 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a three-set win at No. 6 singles.

Toledo notched its lone point of the match at No. 1 singles as Wodzinski defeated Dracheva in three sets, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. It was Dracheva's first loss in singles play this season, moving her to 10-1 in dual match play, all at No. 1 singles.

Miami concludes a lengthy nine-match road stretch when it travels to Eastern Michigan University for a 1 p.m. match on Saturday, April 5.

The RedHawks return home for the first time since Feb. 17 when they host Bowling Green on Friday, April 11 and Western Michigan on Saturday, April 12. Both matches are scheduled for 1 p.m. Matches will take place on the Hepburn Varsity Courts unless poor weather conditions move the matches to the Riverside Racquet Club in Hamilton, Ohio. Next weekend also is Alumnae Weekend for Miami Women's Tennis.

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