The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Women's Tennis Gets Past Western Michigan
3/17/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 17, 2002
MOBILE - The UAB women's tennis team got some clutch play to claim the doubles point, and the Blazers (5-6) won three singles matches in taking a 4-2 win over Western Michigan Saturday afternoon at South Alabama.
The Blazer tandem of Yvonne Ernst and Nadia Dellarciprete saved match point against the Broncos' Nikki Douglass and Val Stoilova before claiming a 9-8 triumph to cinch the all-important doubles point. Earlier in the match, the Blazer duo of Monika Schmid and Femke deBoer got by WMU's Frederika Girsang and Brookley Crews 8-6 in No. 1 action.
In singles play, Schmid kept the momentum going with a 7-6, 6-0 win over Larissa Chinwah. The Broncos claimed points at the No. 2 and 3 spots, but the bottom of the Blazers' lineup came through.
DeBoer posted a 6-4, 6-2 win over Nikki Douglas, and Dellarciprete closed the match off with a three-set, come-from behind win over Stephanie Muller (1-6, 7-6, 6-3).
UAB, winners of four of its last five matches, will get back in action Friday when Auburn visits Brookhighland Racquet Club at 2 p.m.
Doubles:
1) Monika Schmid/Femke deBoer (UAB) def. Frederika Girsang/Brookley Crews (WMU), 8/6
2) Melanie Remynse/Larissa Chinwah (WMU) def. Sjouke Liem/Natascha Immele (UAB), 8/4
3) Yvonne Ernst/Nadia Dellarciprete (UAB) def. Nikki Douglass/Val Stoilova (WMU) 9/8
Singles:
1) Monika Schmid (UAB) def. Larissa Chinwah (WMU), 7/6, 6/0
2) Frederika Girsang (WMU) def. Natascha Immele (UAB), 6/3, 6/2
3) Melanie Remynse (WMU) def. Sjouke Liem (UAB), 6/4, 6/4
4) Femke deBoer (UAB) def. Nikki Douglas (WMU), 6/4, 6/2
5) Yvonne Ernst (UAB) vs. Val Stoilov (WMU), 5/7, 6/4 did not finish
6) Nadia Dellarciprete (UAB) def. Stephanie Mueller (WMU), 1/6, 7/6, 6/3
