University of Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
Panthers Defeat Wind and Salukis
4/14/2006 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 14, 2006
The Panthers took two out of three doubles matches to gain the point. Meghana Paritala (Secunderabad, India) and Sara Kendall (Brisbane, Queensland) kept their winning streak alive winning 8-2. Mariana Muraca (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Carolina Hannes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) also notched a win in doubles 8-3.
Agnese Pukse (Riga, Latvia), Muraca, and Meredith Esbeck (West Des Moines, Iowa) all took home wins for the Panthers in singles. For Esbeck, it was her 10th win in a row at No. 6 singles.
The Panthers will travel to Evansville, Ind. tomorrow to take on the Evansville Aces at 11 a.m. The win moves the Panthers to 13-4 and 3-2 in the conference.
Northern Iowa 4 Southern Illinois 3
Doubles:
No. 1 Maria Blanco/Zuzana Palovic (SIU) def. Agnese Pukse/Taynara Moreas (UNI) 8-7 (7-3)
No. 2 ariana Muraca/Carolina Hannes (UNI) def. Zoya Hornamond/Laura Bredniak (SIU) 8-3
No. 3 Sara Kendall/Meghana Paritala (UNI) def. Kathleen Maher/Amanda Taillefer (SIU) 8-2
Singles:
No. 1 Maria Blanco (SIU) def. Meghana Paritala (UNI) 5-7, 6-4, 12-10 (Super Tie Break)
No. 2 Mariana Muraca (UNI) def. Laura Bredniak (SIU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Meredith Esbeck (UNI) def. Kathleen Maher (SIU) 6-0, 6-0
