Baylor
Mississippi
Women's Tennis Lose to Rebels
3/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 22, 2003
OXFORD, Miss - The 44th-ranked Baylor women's tennis team lost to Ole Miss Saturday 4-3, despite Daria Potapova extending her win streak to a season and team high seven straight singles wins. With the loss the Bears drop to 6-9 on the season while the Rebels move to 5-10 overall.
In doubles play, the duo of Stephanie Balzert and Izabela Mijic extended their doubles winning streak to six on the season when they defeated Karem Harboe and Florencia Basile 8-6. Anna Moncolova and Vida Mulec were defeated in the No.2 spot, 8-4, by Sabrina Peppl and Audra Adams, and the Rebels earned the doubles point when Mira Radu and Virginia Tomatis defeated Alison Bradley and Daria Potapova in the No.1 spot, 8-6. This is the first time in three outings that the Bears were not able to capitalize on the doubles point.
In singles action, Mulec earned her third singles win in a row when she defeated Harboe, 7-6(6), 6-3 in the No.2 spot. Mijic got back in her winning ways when she defeated Peppl 6-2, 4-6, 1-0. Mijic has now won 12 of her last 15 singles matches dating back to last fall. In other Baylor singles, Zuzana Krchnakova was defeated in the No. 6 spot by Adams, 6-2, 6-4, Balzert fell to Basile, 6-1, 7-5 in the No. 3 spot, and Moncolova lost her fifth straight singles match to Radu in the No. 1 spot, 6-0, 6-1
The Bears get back into Big 12 play on Tuesday when they play Texas A&M in College Station at 6 p.m.
#51 Ole Miss 4
#44 Baylor 3
SINGLES
#1 Mira Radu (OM) def. Anna Moncolova (BU) 6-0, 6-1
#2 Vida Mulec (BU) def. Karem Harboe (OM) 7-6(6), 6-3
#3 Florencia Basile (OM) def. Stephanie Balzert (BU) 6-1, 7-5
#4 Daria Potapova (BU) def. Virginia Tomatis (OM) 6-4, 6-1
#5 Izabela Mijic (BU) def. Sabrina Peppl (OM) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0
#6 Audra Adams (OM) def. Zuzana Krchnakova (BU) 6-2, 6-4
DOUBLES
#1 Radu-Tomatis (OM) def. Alison Bradley-Potapova (BU) 8-6
#2 Peppl-Adams (OM) def. Moncolova-Mulec (BU) 8-4
#3 Balzert-Mijic (BU) def. Harboe-Basile (OM) 8-6
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