MUFREESBORO, Tenn. ? The 49th-ranked University of South Alabama women’s tennis team closed out its four-match road swing with a 5-2 victory over Sun Belt Conference foe Middle Tennessee Monday afternoon at the Buck Bouldin Tennis Center on the Blue Raider campus.
With the win, USA improves to 10-7 on the season and wins its third straight match, while Middle Tennessee drops to 4-10 on the spring. South Alabama will next host in-state rival Troy on Friday at 1 p.m. at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.
For the second straight day, South Alabama came out and grabbed the early 1-0 match lead when the Jaguar women swept all three doubles matches. USA’s doubles teams of Adrianna Solarova/Sylvanie Spangenberg and Michaela Babicova/Dijana Stanic were each 8-5 victors over their Blue Raider counterparts. The Jag duo of Rita Frietas and Jelena Krivacevic also had little trouble at the No. 2 position when they defeated Ann-Kristin Siljestrom and Stephanie Parkinson 8-2.
In singles action, USA expanded its lead out to 3-0 thanks to a pair of straight set victories by Babicova (6-0, 6-0), playing at No. 2, and Stanic (6-1, 6-0), playing at No. 5. Middle Tennessee’s Marlene Chemin finally got the Blue Raiders on the scoreboard when she defeated South Alabama’s Yana Bokareva, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3. Freitas, however, clinched the match for the Jags with a two-set win over her own (6-2, 6-0) at the sixth spot over Pooja Kommireddi. Solarova also picked up a three-set victory of her own at the No. 1 position to round out the scoring for USA.
Mar 26, 2007 at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
#49 University of South Alabama 5, Middle Tennessee 2
Singles competition
1. #47 Adrianna Solarova (USAW) def. #72 Hala Sufi (MT) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
2. #112 Michaela Babicova (USAW) def. A-Kristin Siljestrom (MT) 6-0, 6-0
3. Marlene Chemin (MT) def. Yana Bokareva (USAW) 6-1, 6-1
4. Claudia Szabo (MT) def. Jelena Krivacevic (USAW) 6-2, 6-2
5. Dijana Stanic (USAW) def. Stephanie Parkison (MT) 6-1, 6-0
6. Rita Freitas (USAW) def. Pooja Kommireddi (MT) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Adrianna Solarova/Sylvanie Spangenberg (USAW) def. Hala Sufi/Claudia Szabo (MT) 8-5
2. Rita Freitas/Jelena Krivacevic (USAW) def. A-Kristin Siljestrom/Stephanie Parkison (MT) 8-2
3. Michaela Babicova/Dijana Stanic (USAW) def. Pooja Kommireddi/Marlene Chemin (MT) 8-5
Match Notes:
University of South Alabama 10-7; National ranking #49
Middle Tennessee 4-10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,5,3,6,1,4)
