North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Women's Tennis Falls To Miami
3/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Miami took the opening doubles point, winning at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. The Wolfpack did manage to pick up the win at No. 2 doubles, a match that took more than two hours to complete. NC State's Kristen Nicholls teamed with Jennifer Jassawalla at the No. 2 spot to defeat Miami's Lauren Scaglione and Marcy Hora, 9-7.
In singles action, the Pack picked up wins at No. 2 and No. 6, respectively. At No. 2 singles, freshman Jackie Leskovar defeated Miami's Alanna Broderick in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, while at No. 6 singles NC State sophomore Myrna Bawono had to go three sets plus a tiebreaker to beat Lauren Scaglione of Miami, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7-4).
The women's tennis squad will return to action on Wednesday when they travel to Winston-Salem to face another highly ranked opponent in the 22nd ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The match is set to being at 3:00 p.m.
MATCH RESULTS:
Miami 5, NC State 2Singles Results: No. 1 - #100 Bettina Hafner (UM) d. Katrina Gildemeister (NCS), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 No. 2 - Jackie Leskovar (NCS) d. Alanna Broderick (UM), 6-4, 6-3 No. 3 - Katia Bogomolova (UM) d. Kristen Nicholls (NCS), 7-6(7-3), 6-1 No. 4 - Marcy Hora (UM) d. Loni Worsley (NCS), 6-2, 6-2 No. 5 - Siehem Bennacer (UM) d. Jennifer Jassawalla (NCS), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 No. 6 - Myrna Bawono (NCS) d. Lauren Scaglione (UM), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(7-4)
Doubles Results: No. 1 - Bogomolova/Broderick (UM) d. Worsley/Leskovar (NCS), 8-6 No. 2 - Nicholls/Jassawalla (NCS) d. Scaglione/Hora (UM), 9-7 No. 3 - Bennacer/Hafner (UM) d. Bawono/Gildemeister (NCS), 8-6
