Feb. 27, 1997
No. 11 Irish Nip No. 10 Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisc. -- The University of Notre Dame women's tennis
team, ranked No. 11 in the country, won an important Midwest
region match on Thursday afternoon as is defeated No.10-ranked
Wisconsin by a 5-4 score.
Notre Dame won four of six singles matches, paced by sophomore
Marisa Velasco at No. 2 and senior Tiffany Gates, at No. 3, but
the Badgers tied the match at 4-4 by winning the top two doubles
matches.
The Irish tandem of Courtney Haskell and Kelley Olson came through
for the Irish at No. 3 doubles to post an 8-6 victory and give the
Irish the win. Other singles winners for Notre Dame were Kelly
Zalinski at No. 4 and Olson at No. 5.
Notre Dame improves to 7-3 overall while the Badgers fall to 6-4.
Singles
Melissa Zimpfer (W) def. Jennifer Hall, 6-2, 7-5
Marisa Velasco (N) def. Barbara Urbanska, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Tiffany Gates (N) def. Tracy Zobrist, 6-4, 6-4
Kelly Zalinski (N) def. Colleen Lucey, 6-1, 6-0
Kelley Olson (N) def. Andrea Nathan, 1-6, 7-6 (5), ret.
Roz Sweeney (W) def. Darcie Sweet, 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
Zimpfer and Lucey (W) def. Gates and Hall, 8-4
Urbanska and Zorbrist (W) def. Velasco and Zalinksi, 8-6
Courtney Haskell and Olson (N) def. Dena Baritot and Julie Woods, 8-6
