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'Cats Dominate Wisconsin in Big Ten Opener, 7-0
2/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 10, 2007
MADISON, Wis. -- Behind a sweep of the doubles point and five straight-set singles wins, the sixth-ranked Wildcats downed the Wisconsin Badgers Saturday afternoon, 7-0. The 'Cats welcome top-ranked Georgia Tech to the Combe Tennis Center at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon.
Northwestern improves to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten while the loss drops Wisconsin to 2-4 overall, 0-1 in conference.
NU swept doubles with the 30th-ranked pair of Georgia Rose (Mettawa, Ill./North Shore Country Day) and Alexis Prousis (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) leading the way. The duo downed Wisconsin's Caitlin Caiati and Elizabeth Carpenter, 8-2.
At No. 2, freshmen Samantha Murray (Altrincham, England/Altrincham Grammar) and Lauren Lui (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) topped Morgan Tuttle and Chelsea Nusslock, 8-3.
Nazlie Ghazal (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral) and Keri Robison (Decatur, Ill./Keystone National) cruised at No. 3 doubles, 8-2, over the Badgers' Nicole Beck and Kim Roberts.
Rose and Prousis sat out singles and Wisconsin defaulted at No. 6, but the 'Cats took all five singles matches in straight sets. Murray, playing at No. 1 for the first time this season, topped Carpenter, 6-2, 6-2.
Lui, ranked 66th, did not surrender a game to Nusslock, 6-0, 6-0. Ghazal, playing No. 3 for the first time this season, had little trouble with Erin Jobe, 6-0, 6-2.
At No. 4, freshman Suzie Matzenauer (Tacoma, Wash./Bellarmine) cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Tuttle while Robison, playing her second singles match in dual play, downed Roberts at No. 5, 6-0, 6-3.
Northwestern welcomes No. 1 Georgia Tech to the Combe Tennis Center at 3 p.m. Monday afternoon. The 'Cats are 2-1 against ranked opponents with wins over then No. 14 UCLA and No. 5 Miami.
