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Women's Tennis
vs ITA All-American Championship
Wednesday, February 28
Chapaign, Ill.
TBA
Duke University
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Illinois
No. 3 Duke Blanks No. 25 Illinois 7-0
2/28/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
The third-ranked Duke Blue Devils blanked the 25th-ranked Illinois Fighting
Illini 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon in dual-match action at the Atkins Tennis
Center in Champaign, Ill. Duke improves to 7-1 on the season.
Illinois battled during singles competition but lost in straight-sets at No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4, and No. 5. At No.6, freshman Eva Choe lost a heart breaker, winning the first set 7-5, but losing the second set 6-4 and a tiebreaker, 13-11, after having led, 9-4 in that tiebreaker. At No.1, freshman Jennifer McGaffigan, ranked 80th in the nation, was defeated by the No.2 player in the country, Ansley Cargill, 6-3, 6-1. Her classmate, Tiffany Eklov, saw her unbeaten streak of six matches ended by No.73 Megan Miller, 6-1, 6-1. In doubles, the Illini were swept, 8-3 at No.1, 8-1 at No.2 and 8-4 at No.3.
"Duke is a great team with a lot of tradition. " said Head Coach Sujay Lama. "Give them credit, they took it to us in doubles, but I thought we came back and played better in singles.
"I was not happy with the way we showed up today," continued Lama. "It is good to have respect, but we showed too much respect today. It is time to start believing that we belong with the best. I scheduled Duke at home to show that we are not that far away. It is a mental thing--we have to start believing to get to Duke's level.
Duke will travel to sixth-ranked Texas on Sunday at 12:00 PM.
Today's Illinois Results
SINGLES
1. No.2 Ansley Cargill (DUKE) def. No.80 Jennifer McGaffigan (ILL) 6-3, 6-1
2. No.73 Megan Miller (DUKE) def. Tiffany Eklov (ILL) 6-1, 6-1
3. No.11 Kathy Sell (DUKE) def. Eldina Fazlic (ILL) 6-1, 6-3
4. Katie Granson (DUKE) def. Simone Kung (ILL) 6-3, 6-3
5. Hillary Adams (DUKE) def. Carla Rosenberg (ILL) 6-3, 6-2
6. Prim Siripipat (DUKE) def. Eva Choe (ILL) 5-7, 6-4, (13-11)
DOUBLES
1. No. 30 Kathy Sell/Ansley Cargill (DUKE) def. Carla Rosenberg/Simone Kung
(ILL) 8-3
2. No.3 Amanda Johnson/Megan Miller (DUKE) def. Eldina Fazlic/Michelle Webb
(ILL) 8-1
3. Katie Granson/Hillary Adams (DUKE) def. Jennifer McGaffigan/Eva Choe
(ILL) 8-4
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