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Tulane Defeats Fresno State Women's Tennis 5-4
2/17/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
In singles play Fresno State won two matches. Kandiss Creighton (Sr., Weldon, Calif.) defeated Maiko Cook on court No. 2 6-4, 7-5. Anke Beier (Fr., Velbert, Germany) defeated Molly Rollauer on court No. 6 6-3, 7-5 in her first match as a Bulldog.
The schools went into the doubles matches with Tulane leading 4-2. The Bulldogs needed to sweep all three doubles matches to walk away with a win. The match was ultimately decided on court No. 2 where Tulane's Maiko Cook and Olga Mikhailova defeated Renee Kops-Jones (Sr., Fresno, Calif.) and Kim Niggemeyer (So., Berlin, Germay) 8-3.
Fresno State resumes play this weekend when they face No. 32 Iowa on Saturday at 11 a.m. and No. 20 South Alabama on Sunday at 10 a.m.. Both matches take place in Mobile, Ala..
Tulane- 5
Fresno State- 4
Singles
No. 1- No. 83 Anna Monhartova def. Kim Niggemeyer (So., Berlin, Germany) 7-5, 6-3
No. 2- Kandiss Creighton (Sr., Weldon, Calif.) def. Maiko Cook 6-4, 7-5
No. 3- Julie Morris def. Ewa Grusiecka (So., Sopot, Poland) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
No. 4- Anneli Axsater def. Kelly Ramirez (Fr., Ontario, Calif.) 6-3, 6-0
No. 5- Jessica Kessler def. Chantel Wiggins (So., Fresno, Calif.) 6-0, 6-0
No. 6- Anke Beier (Fr., Velbert, Germany) def. Molly Rollauer 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1- Kandiss Creighton/ Liesl Fichtbauer def. Anna Monhartova/ Jessica Kessler 8-2
No. 2- Maiko Cook/ Olga Mikhailova def. Renee Kops-Jones/ Kim Niggemeyer 8-3
No. 3- Chantel Wiggins/ Anke Beier def. Julie Morris/ Anneli Axsater 8-4
