The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Women's Tennis Falls 5-0 to 32nd-ranked Auburn
3/22/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 22, 2002
BIRMINGHAM - UAB's Monika Schmid and Femke deBoer defeated Auburn's 28th-ranked Katia Illarionova and Carolina Maurer at No. 1 doubles, but it wasn't enough as 32nd-ranked Auburn ran away with a 5-0 win over the Blazers Friday afternoon at the Brook Highland Racquet Club.
The Blazer tandem defeated the Tiger duo 8-4 to improve to 8-3 on the season. The win was the first this season over a ranked opponent.
Despite the win at the No. 1 position, the Blazers (5-7, 2-1 in Conference USA) fell at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, giving the Tigers the one up after doubles play.
In singles play, the Tigers swept the Blazers in straight sets at the No. 1, No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 spots. The No. 2 and No. 4 positions were both tied at 1 set, but did not finish play.
The Blazers will do a little travelling for spring break as they head to Bermuda to play three matches in three days. UAB will take on Memphis, Cincinnati and Brown beginning March 26 and wrapping up March 28.
Match Results Doubles:
1) Monika Schmid/Femke deBoer (UAB) def. No. 28 Katia Illarionova/Carolina Maurer (AU), 8/4
2) Carolina Ramirez/Petra Bercik (AU) def. Natascha Immele/Sjouke Liem (UAB), 8/3
3) Sarah Suitor/Liz Sauerborn (AU) def. Nadia Dellarciprete/Yvonne Ernst (UAB), 8/5
Singles:
1) Carolina Ramirez (AU) def. Monika Schmid (UAB) 6/2, 6/3
2) Natascha Immele (UAB) vs. Petra Bercik (AU), DNF
3) Carolina Maurer (AU) def. Sjouke Liem (UAB), 6/1, 6/1
4) Femke deBoer (UAB) and Sarah Suitor (AU), DNF
5) Liz Sauerborn (AU) def. Yvonne Ernst (UAB), 6/4, 6/0
6) Martina Janska (AU) def. Nadia Dellarciprete (UAB), 6/3, 6/4
Auburn 5, UAB 0
