RENO, Nev. The Nevada women’s tennis team won its fourth match in a row with a 4-3 win over Pacific on Sunday at LakeRidge Tennis Club.
The Wolf Pack, ranked No. 66, improved to 7-7 on the year with the victory.
“It is very exciting to win our fourth match in a row,” coach Sylvain Malroux said. “We played a lot of good teams early on and I think that experience is paying off now. We have a lot of momentum going for us.”
Nevada won the doubles point by sweeping all three matches, including an 8-0 win by No. 58 Maria Mizyuk and Caroline Bailly at the No. 1 spot.
In singles play, No. 59 Mizyuk and Bailly cruised to quick straight-set wins to put Nevada up 3-0 and De Vrye clinched the match at the No. 4 spot with a 6-3, 6-4 victory.
Alice Hall (No. 3) and Lais Ogata (No. 5) each lost their matches in a super tie-breaker.
RESULTS
No. 66 Nevada 4, Pacific 3
March 30, 2008
At LakeRidge Tennis Club
Reno, Nev.
DOUBLES
1. No. 58 Maria Mizyuk/Caroline Bailly (NEV) def. Jolanta Twarowska/Olga Gumunyuk (PAC), 8-0.
2. Alice Hall/Ly-Huong Dinh (NEV) def. Svenja Arens/Sasha Fisher (PAC), 8-4.
3. Lais Ogata/Florence De Vrye (NEV) def. Clara Schuhmacher/Kateryna Nezhura (PAC), 8-3.
SINGLES
1. No. 59 Mizyuk (NEV) def. Twarowska (PAC), 6-0, 6-0.
2. Bailly (NEV) def. Arens (PAC), 6-0, 6-1.
3. Nezhura (PAC) def. Hall (NEV) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7).
4. De Vrye (NEV) def. Gumunyuk (PAC), 6-3, 6-4.
5. Schuhmacher (PAC) def. Ogata (NEV), 4-6, 6-4 1-0 (10-7).
6. Fisher (PAC) def. Dinh, 6-3, 6-1.
