Eastern Michigan Athletics
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Tennis Drops Second Straight
1/28/2007 9:37:19 PM | Tennis
Eagles Defeated by Badgers in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisc.
—The Eastern Michigan University women's tennis team suffered its second loss in as many days, losing to the University of Wisconsin 6-1, today at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.The loss drops the Eagles to 1-3, 0-0 MAC on the season while the Badgers pick up their second victory of the weekend to move to 2-0 on the year.
The lone bright spot for the Eagles today was junior Catherina Bestehorn (Ebenhausen, Germany-Iching Gymnasium), as she scored the only EMU point on the day with a three set victory over Chelsea Nusslock, 3-6, 7-5, 10-5.
Junior Vanessa Frankowski (Stuttgart, Germany/Albertus Magus Gymnasium), who sits at the No. 45 spot nationally, faced her second top ranked player this season in No. 17 Caitlin Burke. Frankowski could not get into a groove early on, dropping the match 6-2, 6-2.
The Eagles non-conference road trip continues, as they will be in action next Feb. 2, traveling to Cincinnati, Ohio to take on the University of Cincinnati. The match is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start time.
Singles Results
No. 1: No. 17 Caitlin Burke (UW) def. No. 45 Vanessa Frankowski (EMU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2: Kaylan Caiati (UW) def. Aditi Krishnan (EMU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 3: Liz Carpenter (UW) def. Yana Parfenyuk (EMU), 6-1, 6-2
No. 4: Catherina Bestahorn (EMU) def. Chelsea Nusslock (UW), 3-6, 7-5, 10-5
No. 5: Erin Jobe (UW) def. Emma Czarnecki (EMU), 7-5, 3-6, 11-9
No. 6: Morgan Tuttle (UW) def. Laura Fernandez (EMU), 6-1, 6-3
Exhibition: Kim Roberts (UW) def. Flavia Micati (EMU), 6-0, 6-4
Doubles Results
No. 1: Burke/Carpenter (UW) def. Frankowski/Parfenyuk, 8-5
No. 2: Tuttle/Nusslock (UW) def. Krishan/Bestahorn, 8-0
No. 3: Beck/Caiati (UW) def. Czarnecki/Fernandez, 8-3
No. 4: Roberts/Jobe (UW) def. EMU, 8-3
