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UAB Women's Tennis Defeated By Auburn, 7-0
2/21/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 21, 2004
AUBURN, Ala. ----- The UAB women's tennis team fell to in-state foe Auburn, 7-0, here on Saturday afternoon. The Blazers tallied a win at the No. 2 doubles spot, but lost the other matches.
"The final score was 7-0 but I felt we played very well in some positions, " said UAB head coach Mert Ertunga. "Auburn is a very skillful team and in the end that was the difference."
The Blazers' (2-7) tandem of Annemieke Elsholz and Julia von Samson were 9-7 winners over Auburn's Liz Sauerborn and Sarah Suitor in the No. 2 doubles match.
Auburn (4-2) took the doubles point by winning at the No. 1 and No. 3 slots. In the No. 1 position, the Tigers' Petra Bercik and Carolina Ramirez defeated UAB's Femke de Boer and Marrit Jansma, 8-1. In the No. 2 match, Auburn's Ashley Cowart and Isabel Rosenbrock beat the Blazers' Nadia Dellarciprete and Samrin Tanzeem, 8-2.
Things didn't go much better for UAB in singles play as the Blazers lost three matches and retired the remaining three. In the No. 1 tilt, Auburn's Bercik defeated the Blazers' de Boer, 6-0, 6-4. UAB's Jansma lost in the No. 3 position, 6-2, 6-0, to the Tigers' Rosenbrock. Suitor of Auburn beat the Blazers' Dellarciprete, 6-1, 6-4, in the No. 5 match.
The Blazers retired their No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 matches, giving Auburn the 7-0 win.
Next, UAB hosts Winthrop on Sunday, Feb. 29, at 10 a.m. at Brook Highland Racquet Club.
Auburn 7, UAB 0
Singles:
1) Petra Bercik (AU) def. Femke de Boer (UAB), 6-0, 6-4
2) Isabel Rosenbrock (AU) def. Annemieke Elsholz (UAB), 7-6, 1-0 (ret.)
3) Carolina Ramirez (AU) def. Marrit Jansma (UAB), 6-2, 6-0
4) Liz Sauerborn (AU) def. Julia von Samson (UAB), 0-6, 6-3 2-1 (ret.)
5) Sarah Suitor (AU) def. Nadia Dellarciprete (UAB), 6-1, 6-4
6) Nancy Peaden (AU) def. Samrin Tanzeem (UAB), 4-6, 1-0 (ret.)
Doubles:
1) Bercik/Ramirez (AU) def. de Boer/Jansma (UAB), 8-1
2) Elsholz/von Samson (UAB) def. Sauerborn/Suitor (AU), 9-7
3) Rosenbrock/Cowart (AU) def. Dellarciprete/Tanzeem (UAB), 8-2
