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UAB Women's Tennis Sweeps Charleston Southern, 7-0
3/13/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 13, 2005
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --- The UAB women's tennis team won its fourth-straight match with a 7-0 blanking of Charleston Southern on Sunday morning. The Blazers won all six singles matches and the doubles point, improving their record to 8-3 on the season.
"I think our depth continues to be the difference for us," said UAB head coach Mert Ertunga. "We were able to come away with an easy win today because of our consistency from top to bottom. I was impressed with Gulsah's (Esen) win at the No. 1 position. This coming week is important to us and this gets us off to a good start."
The Blazers (8-3, 2-1) started the match by taking two of three doubles matches for the early 1-0 lead. Gulsah Esen and Ornischa Maier-Knapp improved to 9-2 on the season with an 8-4 win over Meryam Tazi and Rebecca Franzi at the No. 1 position. In the No. 3 slot, Annemieke Elsholz and Jana Wild defeated Ashley Heard and Nazli Kutuk, 8-2.
UAB swept through singles, winning all six matches in straight sets. In the No. 1 tilt, Esen beat Tazi, 6-4, 7-5. At the No. 2 spot, Maier-Knapp was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Franzi, while Julia von Samson defeated Patricia Jaeger, 6-2, 6-2, in the No. 3 position.
Samrin Tanzeem clinched the match for the Blazers with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Kutuk in the No. 4 singles match. Elsholz defeated Jessica Baier, 6-3, 6-1, in the No. 5 position and Antonia Nugent beat Heard, 6-0, 6-1, in the No. 6 slot.
UAB has three home matches next week, starting with Jacksonville State on Thursday at 2 p.m. The Blazers also host Louisville on Saturday and Murray State on Sunday.
UAB 7, Charleston Southern 0
Singles
No. 1: Gulsah Esen (UAB) def. Meryam Tazi (CSU), 6-4, 7-5
No. 2: Ornischa Maier-Knapp (UAB) def. Rebecca Franzi (CSU), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Julia von Samson (UAB) def. Patricia Jaeger (CSU), 6-2, 6-2
*No. 4: Samrin Tanzeem (UAB) def. Nazli Kutuk (CSU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 5: Annemieke Elsholz (UAB) def. Jessica Bair (CSU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 6: Antonia Nugent (UAB) def. Ashley Heard (CSU), 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1: Esen/Maier-Knapp (UAB) def. Tazi/Franzi (CSU), 8-4
No. 2: Jaeger/Bair (CSU) def. von Samson/Nugent (UAB), 9-7
No. 3: Elsholz/Wild (UAB) def. Heard/Kutuk (CSU), 8-2
Team Records: UAB (8-3, 2-1), Charleston Southern (4-8, 0-2)
* - Clinching match
