February 27, 1999

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The University of Maryland women's tennis team dominated Alabama by winning five singles and two doubles matches for a 7-2 victory at the McCormack-Nagelson Tennis Center on the William and Mary campus.

Sophomore Chrissie Terrill (Plano, Tex./The Hockaday School) kept her spring dual record perfect at 5-0 by knocking off the Crimson Tide's Jenny Ketchum by a score of 6-0, 6-1.

Other Terps involved in the Maryland charge were senior Meg Griffin (Topeka, Kan,/Topeka West) and juniors Lorraine Bittles (Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy) and Stacy Walkowitz (Coral Springs, Fla./Coral Springs), who swept the top three playing slots respectively. Freshman Courtney Perkins (Seattle, Wash./Mt. Ranier) was also a winner at No. 6.

The top two doubles teams of Griffin-Bittles and Walkowitz-Terrill extended their undefeated doubles record to 4-0 on the year.

Maryland improves to 4-1 on the season as Alabama falls to 3-2. Maryland hosts West Virginia on Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Tennis Bubble in College Park beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Singles
1. Meg Griffin (M) def. Jill Breslin (A); 6-2, 6-3
2. Lorraine Bittles (M) def. Dominique Glinzler (A); 6-3, 6-0
3. Stacy Walkowitz (M) def. Selia Mathew (A); 6-0, 6-1
4. Weyli Chang (A) def. Adrienne Pavelko (M); 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3
5. Chrissie Terrill (M) def. Jenny Ketchum (A); 6-0, 6-1
6. Courtney Perkins (M) def. Kathleen Mele (A); 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
1. Griffin/Bittles (M) def. Glinzer/Chang (A); 8-5
2. Terrill/Walkowitz (M) def. Breslin/Mele (A); 8-4
3. Becca Baum/Ketchum (A) def. Perkins/Pavelko (M); 9-8 (4)