University of North Texas
Arizona
No. 33 Arizona Drops No. 61 Mean Green, 6-1
2/17/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
TUCSON, Ariz. - No. 61 North Texas tennis fell to the No. 33 Arizona Wildcats, 6-1 on Friday afternoon at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.
The Wildcats (4-2) took a strangle hold of the match early on, winning all three doubles matches and the first four singles matches en route to a match clinching 5-0 lead.
Junior Ilona Serchenko then captured the lone Mean Green (5-4) victory at the No. 6 singles slot, taking down Arizona's Debora Castany 6-4, 7-5.
Freshman Kseniya Bardabush, who won her only two matches at the No. 1 singles spot coming in, narrowly missed forcing a decisive third set in her match against Lacey Smith, falling 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Nadia Lee, the Sun Belt Conference player of the week for the week of Feb. 8, also forced a tiebreaker on her opponent, No. 64 Natasha Marks, dropping her match 7-6 (2), 6-2.
The No. 61 Mean Green will be back in action on Sunday when it takes on No. 50 Cal Poly at 9:30 a.m. PST at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Arizona.
North Texas vs Arizona Wildcats (Feb 17, 2012)
#33 Arizona Wildcats 6, #61 North Texas 1
Feb 17, 2012 at Tucson, Ariz. (LaNelle Robson Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Lacey Smyth (UA) def. Kseniya Bardabush (NT) 6-2, 7-6 |
| 2. Sarah Landsman (UA) def. Valentina Starkova (NT) 6-3, 6-4 |
| 3. #64 Natasha Marks (UA) def. Nadia Lee (NT) 7-6, 6-2 |
| 4. Kim Stubbe (UA) def. Irina Paraschiv (NT) 6-2, 6-0 |
| 5. Susan McRann (UA) def. Paula Dinuta (NT) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 6. Ilona Serchenko (NT) def. Debora Castany (UA) 6-4, 7-5 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Lacey Smyth/Natasha Marks (UA) def. Irina Paraschiv/Kseniya Bardabush (NT) 8-4 |
| 2. Sarah Landsman/Hailey Johnson (UA) def. Nadia Lee/Franzi Sprinkmeyer (NT) 8-2 |
| 3. Kim Stubbe/Susan McRann (UA) def. Barbora Vykydalova/Ilona Serchenko (NT) 8-1 |
| Match Notes |
| North Texas 5-4; National ranking #61 |
| Arizona Wildcats 4-2; National ranking #33 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,2,5,1,6,3) |
Generated on 2/17/2012
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