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Women's Olympic Sports News

Most Recent Story: Tennis Goes for a Title

Posted by stevo at 12:39 PM on Apr 24, 2008

This weekend Miami's tennis team competes in the Mid Amercian Conference women's tennis championships in an attempt to win its first MAC tournament title since 1998.  The RedHawks come into the tournament in a strong position, finishing the MAC regular season with a 7-1 record (its best record since 1999) and a second place finish.  Overall, Miami finished the regular season with a record of 13-6, which included non-conference wins versus Dayton, Cincinnati, and Xavier (all by 7-0 scores).  Miami has not played many close matches this season - only one ended with a 4-3 score (a loss at Maryland) and 15 ended with final scores of 7-0 or 6-1.

 

In singles play, Miami has been led by freshman Anastasia Dracheva (11-3 in the number one slot), sophomore Brintney Larson (13-6, mostly from the number two slot), freshman Megan Martzolf (10-4), senior Kelly Douple (14-5, including 8-0 in the MAC), and senior Leda Pesatova (12-6).  Overall, Miami is 79-35 in singles play, including 38-10 (.792) in the MAC.  Many different players and combinations led Miami to a 34-23 doubles record, but the standout combination was Leda Pesatova and Sydnee Bridger, who ended the season with a record of 11-4, including... [Read the entire story]