University of Missouri
Iowa
#42 Iowa Edges Out #49 Tigers
3/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
March 7, 2004
Columbia, Mo.- The Tigers suffered another close loss today in Columbia against Iowa. Mizzou moves to 7-5 on the season. A three-set loss proved to be the deciding factor in today's loss.
Mizzou clinched the doubles point with solid wins at the #1 and #2 positions. Urska Juric and Katka Sevcikova started the dual with a doubles win followed by Mary Barry and Erika Josbena.
Juric stepped back into the singles lineup despite a knee injury that kept her out yesterday. She fought hard, but couldn't take down Iowa's Meg Racette. Sevcikova also couldn't come up with a win against Iowa's Hillary Mintz. Both Hana Kraftova and Yelena Olshanskaya had big singles wins in the #3 and #5 spots, but it wasn't enough for the Tigers. It all came down to Erika Josbena's long three-set loss to Iowa's Hilary Tyler at #6. Josbena fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
The Tigers hope to rebound against Texas Tech Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and #35 Baylor Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at the Green Tennis Center in Columbia.
Singles
1. Meg Racette (UI) def. Urska Juric (MU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Hillary Mintz (UI) def. Katka Sevcikova (MU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Hana Kraftova (MU) def. Anastasia Zhukova (UI) 6-4, 6-4
4. Chelsea Glynn (UI) def. Mary Barry (MU) 6-3, 6-3
5. Yelena Olshanskaya (MU) def. Deni Alexandrova (UI) 6-2, 7-6 (2)
6. Hilary Tyler (UI) def. Erika Josbena (MU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Doubles
1. Juric/Sevcikova (MU) def. Racette/Mintz (UI) 9-7
2. Barry/Josbena (MU) def. Glynn/Zhukova (UI) 8-4
3. Alexandrova/Tyler (UI) def. Kraftova/Ruskova (MU) 9-8 (8-6)
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