Oct. 3, 1999

The Notre Dame men’s and women’s tennis teams lost 28-20 to Mississippi to finish sixth out of 16 teams at the WingspanBank.com/WORLD TEAM TENNIS National Collegiate Championships Stanford University. The team of Michelle Dasso, Trent Miller, Ryan Sachire and Kelly Zalinski beat Tennessee 29-19 late Saturday night to advance to the winners’ bracket consolation final against Mississippi.

Ole Miss won the first three sets, including two in tiebreakers, to build an 18-14 lead. Dasso beat Ivona Mihailova 6-4 to pull the Irish within 22-20 heading into the final set. Mihailova and Vikrant Chada secured the win for Mississippi with a 6-0 win in mixed doubles.

Against the Volunteers late Saturday night, the Irish a tiebreaker at women’s singles to start the match but then won the last five sets to beat Tennessee 29-19. Sachire turned a 5-6 deficit into an 11-9 lead with his 6-3 singles wins. He then teamed with Miller for a 6-4 win in men’s doubles. Dasso’s 6-1 helped the Irish pull away for a 23-14 win. She and Miller won a tiebreaker at mixed doubles to close out the win.

Mississippi 28, Notre Dame 20

Women’s doubles: Mariana Eberle/Celeste Frey (M) def. Michelle Dasso/Kelly Zalinski (ND) 6-5 (5-1)

Men’s singles: James Shortall (M) def. Ryan Sachire (ND) 6-4 (12-9)

Men’s doubles: Vikrant Chada/Shortall (M) def. Trent Miller/Sachire (ND) 6-5 (5-3) (18-14)

Women’s Singles: Dasso (ND) def. Ivona Mihailova (M) 6-4 (22-20)

Mixed doubles: Chada/Mihailova (M) def. Dasso/Miller (ND) 6-0 (28-20)

Notre Dame 29, Tennessee 19

Women’s doubles: Candy Reid/Vilmarie Castellvi (UT) def. Michelle Dasso/Kelly Zalinski (ND) 6-5 (5-0)

Men’s singles: Ryan Sachire (ND) def. Mark Parsons (UT) 6-3 (11-9) (Andy Crews subs for Parsons at 0-1)

Men’s doubles: Trent Miller/Sachire (ND) def. Crews/Parsons (UT) 6-4 (17-13)

Women’s Singles: Dasso (ND) def. Castellvi (UT) 6-1 (23-14)

Mixed doubles: Dasso/Miller (ND) def. Crews/Reid (UT) 6-5 (5-3) (29-29)

Final Standings

1. Duke/Texas A&M winner

3. LSU

4. South Carolina

5. Mississippi

6. NOTRE DAME

7. Tennessee

8. Vanderbilt

9. Stanford

10. Princeton

11. Arizona State

12. Fresno State

13. Pepperdine

14. Southern California

15. Illinois

16. Kansas