Northwestern
Illinois
Women's Tennis Sweeps Illinois
3/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 16, 2002
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern women's tennis team defeated intrastate rival Illinois, 7-0, to remain unbeaten in Big Ten play Saturday afternoon. NU is now 11-4 overall, 5-0 in conference. The Fighting Illini dropped to 7-8 overall and 2-3 in the Big Ten.
The Wildcats began the day with a sweep of doubles, winning at each spot, 8-1, for the first point of the match.
In singles play, the Wildcats won four of the six matches in straight sets. At No. 1, Marine Piriou pulled out a win, with a 10-3 tie breaker over Jennifer McGaffigan (6-2, 4-6, 10-3). Jessica Rush got off to a slow start, falling to Eva Choe 6-2 in the first set at No. 3, but rallied to a victory, winning 6-1, 6-0 to close out the match.
The 'Cats are back in action on March 27 when they travel to Pepperdine.
#14 Northwestern vs. #46 Illinois
NORTHWESTERN 7, Illinois 0
SINGLES
No. 1 #23 Marine Piriou (NU) def. Jennifer McGaffigan (ILL), 6-2, 4-6, 10-3
No. 2 Lia Jackson (NU) def. Tiffany Eklov (ILL), 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 #64 Jessica Rush (NU) def. Eva Choe (ILL), 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 Simona Petrutiu (NU) def. Kate Boomershine (ILL), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Andrea Yung (NU) def. Eldina Fazlic (ILL), 6-1, 7-6
No. 6 Ruth Barnes (NU) def. Michelle Webb (ILL), 6-0, 6-4
DOUBLES
No. 1 #35 Jackson/Petrutiu (NU) def. Choe/McGaffigan (ILL), 8-1
No. 2 #29 Piriou/Rush (NU) def. Webb/Fazlic (ILL), 8-1
No. 3 Yung/Barnes (NU) def. Boomershine/Leila Cehalic (IIL), 8-1
