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UNI Sweeps UMKC 7-0 in First Dual Meet
2/2/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 2, 2008
"This was a good start to our dual meet season, and we had a good, solid performance," head coach Sachin Kirtane said. "We need to keep this going and be mentally prepared to compete tomorrow morning against
The Panthers won all six singles matches easily, with sophomore Sampada Kanade (
The only close call on the evening came in No. 1 doubles play with the Panther duo of Kanade and Moraes holding off the tandem of Horner and Lindsay 8-7 (7-3 super tie-break). Freshman Ashton Schwerin (
The Panthers will be back in action tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. against
Singles Results:
#1 Sampada Kanade (UNI) def. Chelsea Horner (UMKC) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Meghana Paritala (UNI) def. Akshara Reddy (UMKC) 6-2, 6-0
#3 Laia Gonzalez-Garrido (UNI) def. Emily Lindsay (UMKC) 6-3, 6-4
#4 Taynara Moraes (UNI) def. Caitlin Burke (UMKC) 6-1, 6-1
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#6 Diana Mendez (UNI) def. Megan Titus (UMKC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles Results:
#1 Kanade/Moraes (UNI) def. Horner/Lindsay (UMKC) 8-7 (7-3 super-tie break)
#2 Schwerin/Paritala (UNI) def. Burke/Reddy (UMKC) 8-1
#3 Hannes/Gonzalez (UNI) def. Kofron/Titus (UMKC) 8-0
