NC State
Boston
Women's Tennis Takes Down Terriers, 6-1
3/3/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 2, 2003
Raleigh, N.C. - NC State defeated Boston University Saturday afternoon on the courts of the Cary Tennis Complex. The Wolfpack won with a 6-1 advantage, dropping only the number one singles match. The Pack is 3-2 overall, and 3-0 at its satellite home facilities on the season.
The Wolfpack grabbed an early lead, picking up two of the three doubles matches for the point. Myrna Bawono and Kristin Lam were the first to finish, dropping the Terrier tandem of Lindsey Dynof and Elena deMendoza, 8-2. Jennifer Jassawalla and Virginia Romero picked up their first win as a team in the number two match with a 8-3 victory coming against Aimee Charest and Laura Ahmes. NC State rallied to 6-6 after being down early in the third match, but Loni Worsley and Danielle Stadelmann were unable to come up with a win and lost to Alana Marcu and Elisa Glas, 8-6.
The lone singles loss of the afternoon came at the No. 1 spot with Romero dropping to Dynof. In the number two match, Lam split sets with BU's deMendoza before putting her away in the third, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.
Bawono clinched the match for the Wolfpack in a 6-0, 6-2 romp of Charest in the number three match.
Worsley was the first off of the court for the Wolfpack, putting away Marcu, 6-0, 6-0, to grab her first shut out of the season. Stadelmann was effective in the five spot, putting down Glas 6-4, 6-1. Jassawalla split sets with BU's Ahmes, and played a third-set super tiebreaker since the match was already clinched for the Wolfpack. Jassawalla picked up the win, 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-8.
The Wolfpack will return to the courts on Wednesday when it opens conference play versus No. 6 Duke (10-1). Action is slated for 2:00 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Complex.
NC State 6, Boston 1
SINGLES
#1 - Lindsey Dynof(BU) d. Virginia Romero(NCSU), 7-6(5), 6-3
#2 - Kristin Lam(NCSU) d. Elena deMendoza(BU), 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
#3 - Myrna Bawono(NCSU) d. Aimee Charest(BU), 6-0, 6-2
#4 - Loni Worsley(NCSU) d. Alana Marcu(BU), 6-0, 6-0
#5 - Danielle Stadelmann(NCSU) d. Elisa Glas(BU), 6-4, 6-1
#6 - Jennifer Jassawalla(NCSU) d. Laura Ahmes(BU), 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-8
DOUBLES
#1 - Bawono/Lam(NCSU) d. Dynof/deMendoza(BU), 8-2
#2 - Jassawalla/Romero d. Charest/Ahmes(BU), 8-3
#3 - Marcu/Clas(BU) d. Worsley/Stadelmann(NCSU), 8-6
