Northwestern University Athletics
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Women's Tennis Upsets South Alabama, 5-3
2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 3, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - Punctuating the match with an upset of the top-ranked doubles team in the country, the Northwestern women's tennis team scored a mild upset by defeating South Alabama, 5-3, Sunday afternoon.
The Wildcats entered the match ranked 20th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings, while South Alabama was 17th.
After taking a 4-2 lead through the singles matches, former Big Ten Player of the Year Katherine Nasser and Colleen Cheng closed out the win by upsetting the top-seeded doubles team in the country, USA's Martina Ondrejkova and Iva Puflerova, 8-3.
Nasser and Cheng were also victorious in at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively, while Lia Jackson and Marine Piriou also notched singles victories.
* MATCH RESULTS *
Northwestern 5, South Alabama 3
SINGLES
1. Katherine Nasser (NU) def. Silvia Sosnarova (USA) 6-2, 6-3
2. Martina Ondrejkova (USA) def. Shannon Duffy (NU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
3. Colleen Cheng (NU) def. Anke Roos (USA) 6-3, 6-0
4. Lia Jackson (NU) def. Marketa Blazkova (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
5. Marine Piriou (NU) def. Iva Puflerova (USA) 6-7, 7-6, 6-2
6. Vanda Novakova (USA) def. Jennifer Lutgert (NU) 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES
1. Nasser and Cheng (NU) def. Ondrejkova and Puflerova (USA), 8-3
2. Jackson and Piriou (NU) vs. Sosnarova and Kotesvocova (USA), incomplete
3. Roos and Blazkova (USA) def. Duffy and Lutgert (NU), 8-3
