University of Northern Iowa Athletics
University of Northern Iowa
Bradley
Panthers Grab Much Needed Win
4/9/2006 8:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 9, 2006
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UNI's No. 1 Meghana Paritala (Secunderabad, India) notched two victories for the Panthers. Paritala defeated Ashley Morris of BU 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Paritala was undefeated on the weekend at 4-0.
Taynara Moreas (Santos, Brazil), Mariana Muraca (Sao Paulo, Brazil), and Meredith Esbeck (West Des Moines, Iowa) all took home two set victories in singles for the Panthers.
Paritala teamed up with Sara Kendall (Brisbane, Queensland) for an 8-0 stomping of the Braves duo at No. 3 doubles. The Brazilian connection of Muraca and Carolina Hannes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) dominated at No. 2 doubles winning 8-1.
The Panthers move to 12-4 on the season, 2-3 in the conference.
Northern Iowa 5, Bradley University 2
Singles competition
1. Meghana Paritala (UNI) def. Morris, Ashley (BU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
2. Montrose, Elise (BU) def. Mariana Muraca (UNI) def. Krubeck, Erin (BU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Meredith Esbeck (UNI) def. Sampias, Jess (BU) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Morris, Ashley/Montrose, Elise (BU) def. Moraes, Taynara/Pukse, Agnese (UNI) 8-3 2. Muraca, Mariana/Hannes, Carolina (UNI) def. Chan, Teri/Braun, Kim (BU) 8-1
3. Paritala, Meghana/Kendall, Sara (UNI) def. Sampias, Jess/Krubeck, Erin (BU) 8-0
