University of Northern Iowa
Air Force
UNI Edges Air Force 4-3
3/1/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 1, 2008
UNI started the match strong winning all three doubles matches to win the doubles point. Ashton Schwerin and Taynara Moraes teamed up to win No. 1 doubles 8-2 over the Falcons' Christine Abayan and Meghan Kiser. Carolina Hannes and Sampada Kanade topped Air Force's Katrina Eromin and Erika Shortridge 8-3, and Meghana Paritala and Laia Gonzalez-Garrido held off Erlyn Rudico and Lauren Wilson 8-7, 7-2 in a super tie-break.
Both teams spilt in singles play, with UNI winning the top three seeded matches. Paritala won her 82nd career match beating Abayan 7-5, 6-3 in No. 1 singles. She is one win shy of tying Kendra Lindeman and Maria McDonald for second place on the Panthers all-time wins list. Kanade held off
"This was a good hard fought match and we played really well in doubles today," head coach Sachin Kirtane said.
The Panthers will take on undefeated
Singles Results:
No. 1 Meghana Paritala (UNI) def. Christine Abayan (AF) 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 Sampada Kanade (UNI) def. Lauren Wilson (AF) 7-5, 6-4
No. 3 Laia Gonzalez-Garrido (UNI) def. Meghan Kiser (AF) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 Samantha Sarkis (AF) def. Taynara Moraes (UNI) 6-1, (6-7), (10-6 super tie-break)
No. 5 Christen Monreal (AF) def. Diana Mendez (UNI) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Sarah Cassman (AF) def.
Doubles Results:
No. 1 Schwerin/Moraes (UNI) def. Abayan/Kiser (AF) 8-2
No. 2 Hannes/Kanade (UNI) def. Eromin/Shortridge (AF) 8-3
No. 3 Paritala/Gonzalez-Garrido (UNI) def. Rudico/Wilson (AF) 8-7, (7-2 super tie-break)
