Day One Of The BIG EAST Tennis Championships Complete

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April 25, 2003

CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The top-seeded Miami men’s and women’s tennis teams will open play in the 2003 BIG EAST Tournament Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on the UM campus.

After receiving a first-round bye in the tournament the men’s team will face No. 4-seeded Rutgers, while the women’s team will face No. 4-seeded Virginia Tech.

Following the Miami matches No. 2 seeded Virginia Tech men will face No. 3-seeded Notre Dame, while No. 2-seeded Notre Dame women will face No. 3-seeded Boston College at Noon.

The afternoon (3 p.m.) matches in the consolation bracket will pit, No. 5 Boston College men vs. No. 6 St. John’s, while No. 5 Rutgers women will face No. 6 Syracuse.

Day One Men
In the first match of the day, No. 4 seed Rutgers defeated No. 5 Boston College 4-1. After dropping two-of-three doubles matches, the Scarlet Knights earned victories at No. 1, 4, 5 and 6 singles to defeat the Eagles. Rutgers advances to the face the No. 1 seed Miami in the morning match at 9 a.m. Saturday.

No. 3 seed Notre Dame took the first two doubles en route to a 4-0 victory over sixth-seeded St. John’s. The Irish advance to face the No. 2 seeded Virginia Tech at Noon on Saturday, while the Red Storm will square off with BC in the fifth-place match at 3 p.m.

Day One Women
No. 4 Virginia Tech took two-of-three doubles matches from No. 5 Rutgers to take a 1-0 lead in the match and went on to win three-of-four singles matches earning the 4-1 victory. VT will face defending champion and No. 1 seeded Miami at 9a.m. on Saturday.

Third-seeded BC took wins in the top three singles sports to get past No. 6 Syracuse 4-1. The Eagles move on to face second-seeded Notre Dame at Noon on Saturday. Rutgers and Syracuse will meet in the fifth-place match at 3 p.m.

2003 BIG EAST MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 25-27 – Neil Schiff Tennis Center
University of Miami – Coral Gables, Fla.

Friday, April 25 – First Round
9 a.m.
Women – No. 4 Virginia Tech 4, No. 5 Rutgers 1 – Match 1
Men – No. 4 Rutgers 4, No. 5 Boston College 1 – Match 1
Noon
Women – No. 3 Boston College 4 No. 6 Syracuse 1 – Match 2
Men – No. 3 Notre Dame 4 vs. No. 6 St. John’s 0 – Match 2

Saturday, April 26 – Second Round
9 a.m.
Women – No. 1 Miami vs. No. 4 Virginia Tech – Match 3
Men – No. 1 Miami vs. No. 4 Rutgers – Match 3
Noon
Women – No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 3 Boston College – Match 4
Men – No. 2 Virginia Tech vs. No. 3 Notre Dame – Match 4
3 p.m.
Women – No. 5 Rutgers vs. No. 6 Syracuse – Match 5
Men – No. 5 Boston College vs. No. 6 St. John’s – Match 5

Sunday, April 27 – Championship Match
9 a.m. – Men – Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4
*Consolation – Loser Match 3 vs. Loser Match 4
Noon – Women – Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4
*Consolation – Loser Match 3 vs. Loser Match 4

BIG EAST Men’s & Women’s Tennis Championships
First Round Results – Friday April 25, 2003
Women’s Match No. 1 – No. 4 Virginia Tech def. No. 5 Rutgers – 4-1
Doubles
No. 1 Carolyn Kramer/Elissa Kinard (VT) def. Carissa Sommerlad/Andrea Weckstein (RU) 8-3
No. 2 Jennifer Hellier/Ketevan Shmakova (RU) def. Kristin Stubbs/Ginger Lowdermilk (VT) 8-6
No. 3 Felice Lam/Zdenka Videnova (VT) def. Alina Balasa/Jill Markowitz (RU) 8-6
Singles
No. 1 Kristin Stubbs (VT) vs. Andrea Weckstein (RU) DNF
No. 2 Carissa Sommerlad (RU) def. Carolyn Kramer (VT) 7-6 (6), 6-0
No. 3 Elissa Kinard (VT) def. Jennifer Hellier (RU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Felice Lam (VT) def. Alina Balasa (RU) 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 Zdenka Videnova (VT) def. Ketevan Shmakova (RU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Ginger Lowdermilk (VT) vs. Jill Markowitz (RU) DNF

Men’s Match No. 1 – No. 4 Rutgers def. No. 5 Boston College – 4-1
Doubles
No. 1 Justin Slattery/Brad Anderson (BC) def. Brook Deming/Greg Schweitzer (RU) 9-7
No. 2 Maarten Vissers/Kevin Bielen (RU) def. Damon Vartabedian/Bob Murray (BC) 8-2
No. 3 Jonathan Ounijan /Paul Colahan (BC) def. Gordie Milchutsky/Tyler Deming (RU) 9-7
Singles
No. 1 Greg Schweitzer (RU) def. Brad Anderson (BC) 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Kevin Bielen (RU) vs. Justin Slattery (BC) DNF
No. 3 Maarten Vissers (RU) vs. Chris McCoy (BC) DNF
No. 4 Brook Deming (RU) def. Jonathan Ounijan (BC) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Gordie Milchutsky (RU) def. Ross Pytko (BC) 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 Tyler Deming (RU) def. Paul Colahan (BC) 6-2, 6-2

Women’s Match No. 2 – No. 3 Boston College def. No. 6 Syracuse – 4-1
Doubles
No. 1 Emily Hellberg/Nida Waseem (BC) def. Masha Kabanova/Shervin Saedinia (SU) 8-6
No. 2 Allison Ashley/Morgan Landes (BC) def. Daniela Kaluskova/Trine Lise Juliussen (SU) 8-4
No. 3 Trine Lise Juliussen/Wei-Ming Leong (SU) def. Emily Yeomans/Anisha Fernando (BC) 8-4
Singles
No. 1 Szilvia Szegedi (BC) def. Daniela Kaluskova (SU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 Nida Waseem (BC) def. Masha Kabanova (SU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 Allison Ashley (BC) def. Shervin Saedinia (SU) 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 Trine Lise Juliussen (SU) def. Morgan Landes (BC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 Amy Molden (BC) vs. Kristine Bech Holte (SU) DNF
No. 6 Emily Hellberg (BC) vs. Jessica Schlosser (SU) DNF

Men’s Match No. 2 – No. 3 Notre Dame def. No. 6 St. John’s – 4-0
Doubles
No. 1 Matt Scott/Brent D’Amico (ND) def. Arnuad Agniel/Jake Maxwell (SJU) 8-0
No. 2 Luis Haddock/Brian Farrell (ND) def. Boris Chiporukha/Morgan Bauer (SJU) 8-3
No. 3 Nicolas Lopez/Paul McNaughton (ND) vs. Rick Ferreira/Nick Stocker (SJU) DNF
Singles
No. 1 Luis Haddock (ND) vs. Rick Ferreira (SJU) DNF
No. 2 Matt Scott (ND) def. Arnuad Agniel (SJU) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 Brent D’Amico (ND) vs. Jake Maxwell (SJU) DNF
No. 4 Brian Farrell (ND) def. Morgan Bauer (SJU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
No. 5 Nicolas Lopez (ND) def. Nick Stocker (SJU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Patrick Buchanan (ND) vs. Boris Chiporukha (SJU) DNF