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No. 8 Women's Tennis Clips BYU 4-3
4/14/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 14, 2001
FRESNO, Calif. - No. 8 Fresno State women's tennis swept all three matches to claim the doubles point and a 4-3 victory against No. 36 BYU in Provo, Utah on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs improve to 16-3 on the season with their fourth straight victory, while the Cougars drop to 12-8 with the loss.
All three doubles matches were closely contested, but Fresno State came out on top in all three matches to win the point. The No. 1 doubles team of Kim Niggemeyer and Simone Jardim, ranked No. 7 nationally, won their first match together since Mar. 26 in a 9-7 win over BYU's Jodi Richardson and Brooke Ferney. The duo is 19-3 overall and 14-2 in dual-match action. The Nos. 2 and 3 Bulldog doubles teams each tallied 8-6 triumphs over their respective opponents.
Singles competition was a split, with each school collecting three singles victories. BYU went ahead in the match by winning at the Nos. 3 and 4 spots to take a 2-1 lead, but the Bulldogs won the next three to ensure the win. Fresno State's senior (No.36) Liesl Fichtbauer continued her strong season, defeating Lu Oswald 7-6, 6-3 at the No. 2 spot for her 14th straight win. All-American junior (No. 31) Kim Niggmeyer notched her 20th overall win of the season with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory at the No. 1 spot. Freshman Courtney Jantz recorded the third Bulldog win with a 6-1, 6-0 rout at No. 6 singles.
Fresno State will host Nevada on Sat., Apr. 21 at 9 a.m. in their next match, before closing out the regular season the following day against Pacific.
Fresno State- 4
BYU- 3
Singles
#1 (No. 31) Kim Niggemeyer def. Jodi Richardson 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
#2 (No. 36) Liesl Fichtbauer def. Lu Oswald 7-6, 6-3
#3 Brooke Ferney def. Simone Jardim 7-5, 6-0
#4 Liza Khoudoiarova def. Chantel Wiggins 6-1, 6-0
#5 Lindsay Ferrell def. Kelly Ramirez 6-3, 7-6
#6 Courtney Jantz def. Elyse Jensen 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
#1 (No. 7) Niggemeyer/Jardim def. Richardson/Ferney 9-7
#2 Jantz/Fichtbauer def. Oswald/Ferrell 8-6
#3 Wiggins/Ramirez def. Khoudoiarova/Jensen 8-6
