April 3, 2004
IOWA CITY, IA –
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The Iowa women’s tennis team upset the 20th-ranked Michigan Wolverines, 4-3. The Hawkeyes move to 10-4, while the Wolverines drop to 21-2.
In doubles, the team of Meg Racette and Hillary Mintz defeated 30th-ranked Michelle DaCosta and Kara Delicata, 8-1. The duo of Chelsea Glynn and Hilary Tyler were victorious over Kavitha Tipirneni and Leanne Rutherford, 8-3, to gives the Hawkeyes the doubles point.
At the No. 1 singles spot, Racette won over DaCosta, 6-2, 6-3. Deni Alexandrova won the No. 5 match against Rutherford, 6-3, 6-1. With the last point coming down to Anastasia Zhukova and Chrissie Nolan at No. 4 singles, Zhukova won a hard-fought match, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4.
The Hawkeyes will host the Michigan State Spartans tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m.
RESULTS
Iowa 4
Michigan 3
Singles
No. 1 Meg Racette (I) def. Michelle DaCosta (Mich) — 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 Elizabeth Exon (Mich) def. Hillary Mintz (I) — 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 Kavitha Tipirneni (Mich) def. Chelsea Glynn (I) — 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Anastasia Zhukova (I) def. Chrissie Nolan (Mich) — 7-6, 4-6, 6-4
No. 5 Deni Alexandrova (I) def. Leanne Rutherford (Mich) — 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Debra Streifler (Mich) def. Hilary Tyler (I) — 7-5, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 Racette/Mintz (I) def. DaCosta/Delicata (Mich) — 8-1
No. 2 Streifler/Plaushines (Mich) def. Alexandrova/ Zhukova (I) — 8-3
No. 3 Glynn/Tyler (I) def. Tipirneni/Rutherford (Mich) — 8-3