Northwestern
BYU
Women's Tennis Defeats BYU, 5-2
1/21/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 20, 2001
EVANSTON, ILL. - The Northwestern Wildcats (2-0) defeated Brigham Young Saturday night in women's tennis action at the BYU Indoor Tennis Center in Provo, Utah. The Cougars fall to 0-1 on the season.
In doubles, the Cougars took two of the three matches for the first point. NU's only doubles win was at the No. 2 spot, where Shannon Duffy and Marine Piriou defeated Dominique Reynolds and Liza Khoudoiarova, 8-4.
Northwestern easily won the singles competition, winning in straight sets at Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6, with the highlight coming at No. 3 where Duffy came from behind to win her match in three sets. The 'Cats' only loss came at the hands of No. 53 Jodi Richardson, who defeated Colleen Cheng (6-4, 7-6) in the No. 1 match.
The 16th-ranked Wildcats are next in action on Sunday, Jan. 21 at Utah.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Northwestern 5, BYU 2
DOUBLES
1 - Richardson/Ferney (BYU) def. Cheng/Rush (NU), 8-5
2 - Duffy/Piriou (NU) def. Reynolds/Khoudoiarova (BYU), 8-4
3 - Oswald/Ferrell (BYU) def. Jackson/Petrutiu (NU), 9-7
SINGLES
1 - Jodi Richardson (BYU) def. Colleen Cheng (NU) 6-4, 7-6
2 - Lia Jackson (NU) def. Brooke Ferney (BYU) 6-3, 6-1
3 - Shannon Duffy (NU) def. Dominique Reynolds (BYU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
4 - Marine Piriou (NU) def. Lu Oswald (BYU) 6-3, 6-3
5 - Simona Petrutiu (NU) def. Lindsay Ferrell (BYU) 6-2, 6-2
6 - Jessica Rush (NU) def. Liza Khoudoiarova (BYU) 6-2, 6-0
