Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern
USC (ITA Indoors)
Women's Tennis Rallies, Defeats Southern California, 4-3
2/8/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 8, 2002
MADISON, Wis. - The No. 17 Wildcats avenged a season-ending loss to USC in the third round of last year's NCAA Championships Friday with a 4-3 win over the Trojans in the consolation round of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships in Madison, Wis. The Wildcats are 1-1 in the tournament and 4-2 on the season. USC fell to 2-3.
The 'Cats opened the match by winning the doubles point for the early lead. Marine Piriou and Jessica Rush defeated Anita Loyola and Luana Magnani, 8-5, at No. 2. The 'Cats fell to the Trojans at No. 1, 8-7(2), but Stacy Kokx and Ruth Barnes clinched the point at No. 3 by defeating Bernadette Bayani and Melissa Esmero, 9-7.
In singles, the 95th-ranked Rush defeated USC's Loyola (ranked 46th) in three sets to clinch the match for NU. Down after the first set, Rush rallied to win the second 6-4 and dominated the third set, 6-1, for the win. Simona Petrutiu and Barnes each won in straight sets at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, to give NU its other two points in a match that took six hours and 45 minutes.
Northwestern will face Fresno State Saturday at 9 a.m. at the A.C. Nielsen Tennis Center in another consolation-round match.
No. 17 Northwestern vs. No. 7 Southern California
Northwestern 4, Southern California 3
SINGLES
No. 1 #13 Jewel Peterson (USC) def. #9 Marine Piriou (NU), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(2)
No. 2 #34 Luana Magnani (USC) def. #55 Lia Jackson (NU), 7-5, 7-6(2)
No. 3 #95 Jessica Rush (NU) def. #46 Anita Loyola (USC), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1*
No. 4 #51 Maureen Diaz (USC) def. Andrea Yung (NU), 6-2, 0-6, 6-2
No. 5 Simona Petrutiu (NU) def. Tiffany Brymer (USC), 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Ruth Barnes (NU) def. Bernadette Bayani (USC), 6-2, 6-2
DOUBLES
No. 1 #10 Brymer/Peterson (USC) def. Jackson/Petrutiu (NU), 8-7(2)
No. 2 #31 Piriou/Rush (NU) def. #24 Loyola/Magnani (USC), 8-5
No. 3 Barnes/Stacy Kokx (NU) def. Bayani/Esmero (USC), 9-7**
*clinched singles point
** clinched doubles point
(Number) indicates ITA ranking
