TicketsJan. 27, 2007
CINCINNATI, Ohio -- The University of Cincinnati tennis team improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2004 with a 5-2 win over Miami (Ohio) on Friday night at the Queen City Racquet Club.
The Bearcats, who won just once during an injury-plagued 2006 season, have won their opening two matches since starting 2004 with a 4-0 mark.
UC started with a dominating win at No. 1 doubles, as freshman Rachel Owens and senior Hannah Hinton topped Linda Jirouskova and Katrina Lomidze, 8-1. The RedHawks (1-3) evened the score with an 8-2 win by Kelly Douple and Jessica Linden at No. 3 doubles. The Bearcats claimed the doubles point when Valeriya Dandik and Alizee Paradis beat Kristen McPhillips and Victoria Pulido, 8-6, at the No. 2 pair.
UC dropped just two games as Owens and Hinton won at the top two singles spots by identical 6-1, 6-0 scores. Owens improved to 10-2 on the year and Hinton to 8-3. Dandik defeated Jirouskova, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 3 singles and Elizabeth Young outlasted Pulido, 7-5, 7-6(2) at No.5 for UC's other two wins.
The Bearcats travel to Columbus on Saturday to face Ohio State at 5 p.m.
CINCINNATI 5, MIAMI (OHIO) 2
January 26, 2007 - Queen City Racquet Club
Singles
1. Rachel Owens (CIN) d. Katrina Lomidze (MU) 6-1, 6-0
2. Hannah Hinton (CIN) d. Kelly Douple (MU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Valeriya Dandik (CIN) d. Linda Jirouskova (MU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Kristen McPhillips (MU) d. Alizee Paradis (CIN) 6-2, 7-5
5. Elizabeth Young (CIN) d. Victoria Pulido (MU) 7-5, 7-6(2)
6. Jessica Linden (MU) d. Jenny Rowen (CIN) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
1. Hinton/Owens (CIN) d. Jirouskova/Lomidze (MU) 8-1
2. Dandik/Paradis (CIN) d. McPhillips/Pulido (MU) 8-6
3. Douple/Linden (MU) d. Rowen/Young (CIN) 8-2