Northwestern
Ohio State
Northwestern Locks Up Big Ten Regular-Season Title
4/23/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 23, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - It's a clinch. With its fourth, 7-0 sweep in the last six matches, Northwestern locked up its second-consecutive Big Ten regular-season championship Saturday at Ohio State. The Wildcats close the regular season with a 21-2 overall record and perfect 10-0 mark in the conference.
Northwestern has now stood atop the Big Ten six of the last seven years at the conclusion of the regular season. The 'Cats will get a chance to extend their streak of sixth-straight Big Ten Championship tournament titles next weekend at Michigan State.
Against the Buckeyes, the `Cats remained unbeatable in conference doubles play by sweeping the point for the 10th time this season, finishing with a combined 30-0 record.
A singles sweep saw five Wildcats close out undefeated conference singles records, as well. Freshman Audra Cohen (Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas), junior Cristelle Grier (Epsom, England/Putney) and sophomore Alexis Prousis (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) are all 10-0, graduate student Valerie Vladea (Tiffin, Iowa/Burlington Central) is 9-0 and senior Andrea Yung (San Marino, Calif./San Marino) is 8-0.
Saturday's win in Columbus marked the fourth time the `Cats had swept a conference foe, 7-0, this year.
Northwestern is next in action Thursday through Sunday, April 28 through May 1, at the Big Ten Championship hosted by Michigan State.
#2 Northwestern 7, Ohio State 0
Doubles
No. 1 - #1 Cohen/Grier (NU) def. DeCamilla/Vincent (OSU), 8-1
No. 2 - #41 Prousis/Roemer (NU) def. O'Keefe/Bryan (OSU), 8-7 (5)
No. 3 - Vladea/Esseghir (NU) def. Messmer/Howard (OSU), 8-2
Singles
No. 1 - #4 Audra Cohen (NU) def. Emily DeCamilla (OSU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 - #20 Cristelle Grier (NU) def. Caitlin O'Keefe (OSU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 - #69 Alexis Prousis (NU) def. Meredith Vincent (OSU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 - Valerie Vladea (NU) def. Kristin Messmer (OSU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 - Andrea Yung (NU) def. Lindsay Bryan (OSU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 - Alexis Conill (NU) def. Silvia Prajescu (OSU) 6-4, 6-2
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