March 6, 2005

College Park, Md. - The Maryland women's tennis team opened ACC play on a strong note on Sunday afternoon, by defeating Virginia Tech, 6-1. With the win the Terps improved to 7-4 (1-0, ACC) on the season and now have won seven consecutive matches.

The Terps began the day by dominating all three doubles matches to jump out to an early, 1-0 lead. Ramona But and Marianne Baker easily defeated Anat Elazari and Jessica Long, 8-1. Julia Graca and Jennifer Dent topped Kate Harrington and Ashley James, 8-2. Neda Mihneva and Tamar Huppes combined to defeat Laurie Calzadilla and Bethan James, 8-2.

It was more of the same for the Terps in singles play as they won five of the six singles matches. But defeated Elazari, 6-4, 6-3. Dent fell to Jessica Long in the number two singles match, 6-3, 6-1. Baker topped Ashley James, 6-3, 6-1. Subertova was victorious over Bethan James, 6-4, 6-1. Mihneva defeated Kate Harrington, 6-2, 6-2. Huppes had no problem in her match defeating Meredith Holmes easily, 6-0, 6-0.

The Terps will be back in action on March 18th when they travel to Florida State to take on the Seminoles.

Singles
Ramona But (Md.) d. Anat Elazari (VT.), 6-4, 6-3
Jessica Long (VT.) d. Jennifer Dent (VT.), 6-3, 6-1
Marianne Baker (Md.) d. Ashley James (VT.), 6-3, 6-1
Veronika Subertova (Md.) d. Bethan James (VT.), 6-4, 6-1
Neda Mihneva (Md.) d. Kate Harrington (VT.), 6-2, 6-2
Tamar Huppes (Md.) d. Meredith Holmes (VT.), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
But/Baker(Md.) d. Elazari/Long (VT.), 8-1
Graca/Dent(Md.) d. Harrington/A.James (VT.), 8-2
Mihneva/Huppes(Md.) d. Calzadilla/B.James (VT.), 8-2

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