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Women's Tennis Downed By Marshall, 6-1
04/05/2002 | Women's Tennis
April 5, 2002
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The University of Richmond women's tennis team was defeated by Marshall University Friday afternoon, 6-1, at the UR Tennis Complex. Freshman Courtney Klein (East Amherst, N.Y./Williamsville East) picked up the lone Spider point on the afternoon.
It was a rough afternoon for the Spiders as they began the day losing all three doubles matches and falling behind 1-0. Richmond picked up its point at the No. 5 position as Klein defeated Joelle Good, 6-0, 6-2. The freshman has won three of her past four matches. Juniors Vanessa Bagnato (Manhasset, N.Y./Manhasset) and Casey Cohen (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./The Bolles School) each extended their matches past two sets, but fell at the No.s 2 and 4 spots, respectively.
Richmond (8-9) plays its final match of the season on Thursday, April 11, versus James Madison at 2:30 p.m. at the UR Tennis Complex. The Spiders then head to College Park, Md. for the Atlantic 10 Championships on April 19-21.
SINGLES
No. 1 - Jessica Johnson (MU) d. Jeannette Cluskey (UR), 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 - Anna Mitina (MU) d. Vanessa Bagnato (UR), 6-4, 5-7, (10-7)
No. 3 - Alice Sukner (MU) d. Lindsay Cox (UR), 6-3, 7-5
No. 4 - Lille Nzudie (MU) d. Casey Cohen (UR), 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 - Courtney Klein (UR) d. Joelle Good (MU), 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 - Ashley Kroh (MU) d. Patty Devlin (UR), 6-3, 6-1
DOUBLES
No. 1 - Mitina/Nzudie (MU) d. Bagnato/Cox (UR), 8-5
No. 2 - Johnson/Krok (MU) d. Cluskey/Devlin (UR), 9-7
No. 3 - Danielle Hock/Sukner (MU) d. Cohen/Klein (UR), 8-3
