University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
Creighton
Panthers Route Blue Jays
3/26/2006 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 26, 2006
The Panthers were led by sophomore Meghana Paritala (Secunderabad, India) who went 2-0 winning at the No. 1 singles spot and pairing up with Meredith Esbeck (West Des Moines, Iowa) for a win at No. 3 doubles.
Taynara Moreas (Santos, Brazil), Mariana Muraca (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Esbeck also took home wins for the Panthers in singles. In No. 2 doubles Muraca and Carolina Hannes defeated the duo from Creighton 8-3.
The Panthers won six of nine matches to move to 1-1 in the conference and 11-2 overall. UNI takes on Illinois State Friday at Black Hawk Tennis Club.
University of Northern Iowa 5 Creighton University 2
Singles
1. Meghana Paritala (UNI) def. Katie Chiu (CU) 6-1, 6-3
2. Nicole Thurston (CU) def. Meredith Esbeck (UNI) def. Lisa Ludwig (CU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. Katie Chiu/Jennifer Burge (CU) def. Agnese Pukse/Taynara Moreas(UNI) 8-7 (8-6)
2. Mariana Muraca/Carolina Hannes (UNI) def. Lou Hurley/Nicole Thurston (CU) 8-3
3. Meghana Paritala/Meredith Esbeck (UNI) def. Lisa Ludwig/Jodi Yanagida (CU) 8-2
