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Women's Tennis Stumbles Against No. 42 Minnesota
3/11/2001 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 11, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The women's tennis team (5-5, 0-0 ACC) stumbled Sunday against No. 42 Minnesota in the College Park Tennis Center, ending a four-match homestand. The Terps netted one doubles victory and two singles wins but that was not enough to defeat the Golden Gophers who claimed the 5-2 victory. Sophomore Delila Causevic (Silver Spring, Md.) with freshman partner Emily Marker (Ann Arbor, Mich.) netted the first Terp victory with an 9-7 win over Tammy Wang and Jen Howard at the No. 2 doubles spot. This is their third win together on the season.
The Golden Gophers claimed the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to earn the team point. They followed with victories in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles positions. Causevic and freshman Olivia Dubovikov (Brooklyn, N.Y.) each battled through three difficult sets before falling to their opponents at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. Senior Catherine Valantin (Metz, France), who has emerged as a team leader, earned her fourth consecutive singles win when she defeated Minnesota's Michaela Havelkova in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 at the No. 3 singles. Marker claimed the last Terp victory at the No. 5 singles with a tiebreaker over Jen Howard. The final score was 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7).
The Terps are back in action on March 19 when they travel to Tallahassee, Fla. to face their first ACC opponent of the season. The Florida State Seminoles are currently 6-5 overall. Matches are slated to begin at 2:30 p.m.
MINNESOTA 5, MARYLAND 2 Doubles No. 1: Vladea/Havelkova (MN) def. Dubovikov/Floro (MD) 8-2 No. 2: Causevic/Marker (MD) def. Wang/Howard (MN) 9-7 No. 3: Thomas/Watts (MN) def. Valantin/Chavardes (MD) 8-4Singles No. 1: Valerie Vladea (MN) def. Delila Causevic (MD) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 No. 2: Amy Thomas (MN) def. Olivia Dubovikov (MD) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 No. 3: Catherine Valantin (MD) def. Michaela Havelkova (MN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 No. 4: Tammy Wang (MN) def. Pamela Floro (MD) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 No. 5: Emily Marker (MD) def. Jen Howard (MN) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7) No. 6: Brandi Watts (MN) def. Chloe Chavardes (MD) 6-3, 6-3
