Womens Tennis Edges Middle Tennessee State, 4-3
Strong Singles Play Seal Win for Marshall
3/29/2004
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The Marshall University women’s tennis team defeated Middle Tennessee State 4-3 Monday, at the Murfreesboro Racquet Club.
Marshall (13-3, 3-0 MAC) for only the second time this season lost the doubles point to start the match. The Lady Raiders 11th ranked duo of Carien Venter and Manon Kruse topped Marshall’s 16th doubles pairing of senior Jessica Johnson (Sewickly, Pa.) and junior Ashley Kroh (Louisville, Ky.) 8-3, in the number one doubles position. In the number two double slot, Middle Tennessee’s 48th ranked team of Jennifer Klaschka and Laura McNamara defeated senior Alice Sukner (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and junior Lille Nzudie (Douala, Cameroon) 8-3. Marshall senior Meghan Skalsky (East Lansing, Mich.) and junior Danielle Hock (Wiggin, England) took the number three doubles match over Ana Maria Cibils and Emily Vest 8-0.
Down 1-0 in the match the Herd struck back with wins in the number two, three, five and six positions to clinch the match. Sukner defeated Klaschka in three sets, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in the number two singles position. Kroh downed Venter 6-0, 6-4 in the number three slot. Junior Joelle Good (Zurich, Switzerland) downed McNamara 6-1, 6-2 in the number five singles slot. Hock sealed the victory for the Herd by defeating Jacqui Williams in the six slot 6-3, 6-0.
Marshall will return to action Friday, April 2nd, when the team travels to Buffalo, New York, to take on Mid-American Conference opponent Buffalo. The match time is set for 1:00 p.m.
No.57 Marshall 4, Middle Tennessee State 3
Double:
1. No. 11 Kruse/Venter (MTSU) def. No. 16 Johnson/Kroh (MU) 8-3
2. No. 48 McNamara/Klaschka (MTSU) def. Sukner/Nzudie (MU) 8-3
3. Sklasky/Hock (MU) def. Cibils/Vest (MTSU) 8-0
Singles:
1. No. 55 Manon Kruse (MTSU) def. Jessica Johnson (MU) 7-6,6-1
2. Alice Sukner (MU) def. Jennifer Klaschka (MTSU) 6-3,1-6,6-3
3. Ashley Kroh (MU) def. Carien Venter (MTSU) 6-0,6-4
4. Ana Maria Cibils (MTSU) def. Lille Nzudie (MU) 4-6,7-5,6-3
5. Joelle Good (MU) def. Laura McNamara (MTSU) 6-1,6-2
6. Danielle Hock (MU) def. Jacqui Williams (MTSU) 6-3,6-0
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