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No. 29 Women's Tennis Nip Kansas State 4-3
3/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 19, 2001
FRESNO, Calif.- No. 29 Fresno State women's tennis recorded its third 4-3 victory of the season Monday afternoon, defeating No. 44 Kansas State at the Spalding G. Wathen Tennis Center.
The Bulldogs (10-2), who are 5-2 against opponents ranked in the top-45 nationally, have now won three in a row and eight of their last nine matches. Kansas State is now 5-6.
Fresno State opened the match by sweeping all three doubles matches en route to winning the doubles point. The Bulldogs have now won the doubles point in seven of their twelve matches.
All-American junior Kim Niggemeyer improved her dual-match record to 10-1 with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Kansas State's Alena Jecminkova at No. 1 singles. Senior Liesl Fichtbauer won her 20th match of the season when she scored a 6-2, 6-3 win at the No. 2 spot and junior Ewa Grusiecka snapped a three-match losing streak with a clutch 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win at the No. 54 spot.
The Bulldogs will perhaps face their toughest test of the season on Wednesday, when they host No. 8 Northwestern (13-2) at home at 1 p.m.
Fresno State- 4
Kansas State- 3
Singles
No. 1 Kim Niggemeyer def. Alena Jecminkova 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 Liesl Fichtbauer def. Petra Sedlmajerova 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Eva Novotna def. Simone Jardim 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 4 Kathy Chuda def. Chantel Wiggins 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 Ewa Grusiecka def. Paulina Castillejos 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Hayley McIver def. Courtney Jantz 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 Jardim-Niggemeyer def. Jecminkova-Novotna 9-8 (7)
No. 2 Fichtbauer-Jantz def. Sedlmajerova-Chuda 8-6
No. 3 Wiggins- Kelly Ramirez def. Castillejos-McIver 8-3
