March 16, 2011
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BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Iowa women’s tennis team fell 6-1 against No. 55 LSU (6-6 overall, 3-1 SEC) Wednesday at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium. The Hawkeyes dropped to 2-8 overall on the season and 1-5 in road matches.
LSU, 3-2 at home this season, earned the doubles point by sweeping all three matches.
In singles, the Hawkeyes received an upset victory from junior Sonja Molnar. Molnar, the No. 114 player in the country, topped No. 56 Whitney Wolf 7-5, 7-5 at the No. 1 position. The win was Molnar’s first victory over a ranked opponent this season and her third straight win overall. She is now 7-3 in dual matches this year.
Iowa will play again Friday versus Tulane at Goldring Stadium. Action will begin at noon (CST).
#55 LSU (6-6, 3-1) – 6
Iowa (2-8) – 1
Doubles:
1. Whitney Wolf/Kaitlin Burns (LSU) def. #40 Sonja Molnar/Jessica Young (IOWA), 8-6
2. Yvette Vlaar/Keri Frankenberger (LSU) def. Lynne Poggensee-Wei/Alexis Dorr (IOWA), 8-5
3. Ebie Wilson/Ariel Morton (LSU) def. Ally Majercik/Cassandra Escobar (IOWA), 8-3
Singles:
1. #114 Sonja Molnar (IOWA) def. #56 Whitney Wolf (LSU), 7-5, 7-5
2. Kaitlin Burns (LSU) def. Jessica Young (IOWA), 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
3. Ebie Wilson (LSU) def. Lynne Poggensee-Wei (IOWA), 6-4, 6-4
4. Keri Frankenberger (LSU) def. Alexis Dorr (IOWA), 6-1, 6-1
5. Yvette Vlaar (LSU) def. Ally Majercik (IOWA), 6-0, 6-2
6. Ariel Morton (LSU) def. Cassandra Escobar (IOWA), 7-6 (7-1), 6-3