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Women's Tennis Tops ACC Foe Florida State, 4-3
3/16/2002 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 16, 2002
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland women's tennis team recorded a 4-3 win against Florida State, their first ACC opponent of the 2002 season. Ranked 60th nationally, the Terrapins improve to 9-3 on the season and 1-0 in ACC play. Junior Marta Jedrzejak (Sieradz, Poland) clinched the decision game for Maryland.
Florida State earned the doubles advantage by winning two out of the three doubles matches. The team of Emily DeCamilla (Sacramento, Calif.) and Jedrzejak fell to FSU's Alida Gallovits and Christina Denny, 8-6 and partners Pamela Floro (Manila, Philippines) and Chloe Chavardes (St. Nomlabreteche, France) fell to Anca Dumitrescu and Beth Lawrence, 8-5. However, the duo of Delila Causevic (Sarajevo, Bosnia) and Emily Marker (Ann Arbor, Mich.) remains undefeated, sporting a 12-0 record. They downed FSU's Lauren Walker and Jessica Balbuena, 8-3.
On the singles side, Causevic, ranked 59th nationally, tied up the match at 1-1, defeating Dumitrescu, 6-2, 6-2. Marker ranked No. 87 nationally fell to Gallovits, 6-3, 6-3. Senior Floro utilized her experience to overpower Balbuena, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. Down 2-4 in the second set, Floro went on to win the next 10 games in a row.
"I remembered that I had lost to Jessica last year in three sets," Floro said. "When I was down two games to four in the second set, I just decided that I really wanted this win."
Terp DeCamilla and FSU's Denny also battled to three sets. DeCamilla captured the first set, 6-2, but dropped the second in a tiebreaker. In the end, DeCamilla came out on top, winning the third set, 6-4 and improving her singles record to 12-0.
Jedrzejak stepped up to give Maryland the fourth point, eliminating Walker in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. Chavardes lost in a tough three set battle to Meredith Fish, 3-6, 6-2, (10-5).
The Terps take on William & Mary tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Tennis Center at College Park. The Tribe will be Maryland's last non-conference opponent of the 2002 season.
Maryland 4, Florida State 3
Singles:
No. 1 Delila Causevic (MD) def. Anca Dumitrescu (FSU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 Alida Gallovits (FSU) def. Emily Marker (MD), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Pamela Floro (MD) def. Jessica Balbuena (FSU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 Emily DeCamilla (MD) def. Christina Denny (FSU), 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4
No. 5 Marta Jedrzejak (MD) def. Lauren Walker (FSU), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 Meredith Fish (FSU) def. Chloe Chavardes (MD), 3-6, 6-2, (10-5)
Doubles:
No. 1 Causevic/Marker (MD) def. Walker/Balbuena (FSU), 8-3
No. 2 Gallovits/Denny (FSU) def. DeCamilla/Jedrzejak (MD), 8-6
No. 3 Dumitrescu/Lawrence (FSU) def. Floro/Chavardes (MD), 8-5
