Terps Lose to No. 11 Miami, 6-1, in Last Home Match of Season

April 6, 2008

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland women's tennis team lost to No. 11 Miami (12-5, 5-2), 6-1, Sunday in its last home match of the season. The Terps (3-15, 0-9) won one doubles match and pushed two singles matches into tiebreakers.

Sophomore Maggie MacKeever won her first set over No. 53 Michaela Kissell, 6-4, lost the second 6-0, and then claimed the win in the third set tiebreaker, 11-9, at the No. 3 position.

At the No. 5 singles position, freshman Oksana Krutiyenko fought hard before falling to Caren Seenauth, 7-5, 4-6, 10-5.

In doubles, junior Michal Amir and sophomore Lisa Miller won their match over Miami's Laura Vallverdu and Romy Farah, the No. 15 doubles team nationally, 8-6, at the No. 1 position.

Sophomore Maggie MacKeever and freshman Karin Lundmark lost their doubles match to Seenauth and Bianca Eichkorn, 8-5, while freshmen Julia Huschke and Oksana Krutiyenko dropped their match to Jenna Osborne and Michaela Kissell, 8-5.

The Terrapins will head south next weekend to face No. 23 Clemson Saturday at 11 a.m. and No. 2 Georgia Tech Sunday.

Miami 6, Maryland 1
Doubles
1. Amir/Miller (MD) def. Vallverdu/Farah (UM), 8-6
2. Seenauth/Eichkorn (UM) def. Lundmark/MacKeever (MD), 8-5
3. Osborne/Kissell (UM) def. Huschke/Krutiyenko (MD), 8-5
Order of Finish: 2,3,1

Singles
1. Vallverdu (UM) def. Amir (MD), 6-3, 6-0
2. Farah (UM) def. Lundmark (MD), 6-3, 6-1
3. MacKeever (MD) def. Kissell (UM), 6-4, 0-6, 11-9
4. Eichkorn (UM) def. Miller (MD), 6-2, 6-1
5. Seenauth (UM) def. Krutiyenko (MD), 7-5, 4-6, 10-5
6. Wasilewski (UM) def. Huschke (MD), 3-6, 4-1, def.
Order of Finish: 1,2,4,3,6,5

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