No. 28 Women's Tennis Falls To No. 21 South Alabama, 5-2

April 1, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla.–The No. 28-ranked Miami women’s tennis team fell 5-2 to No. 21 South Alabama Sunday afternoon in Mobile, Ala.

The Hurricanes fall to 13-6 overall, while the Jaguars improve to 15-3 on the season.

Miami lost the doubles point in a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles, Alanna Broderick and Katia Bogomolova fell 9-8 (5) to Josien Boverhof and Nienke Scheltens.

The freshman duo of Sihem Bennacer and Bettina Hafner defeated Silvia Sosnarova and Viktoria Stoklasova 8-4 at the No. 3 spot.

Hafner went on to beat Sosnarova at No. 1 singles 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and Bogomolova downed Iva Puflerova 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.

The Hurricanes are back in action Friday traveling to face No. 5 Florida at 4 p.m.

Singles

Bettina Hafner (UM) d. Silvia Sosnarova (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Martina Ondreikova (USA) d. Alanna Broderick (UM) 6-3, 7-6

Katia Bogomolova (UM) d. Iva Puflerova (USA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Nienke Scheltens (USA) d. Marcy Hora (UM) 6-4, 6-1

Josien Boverhof (USA) d. Sihem Bennacer (UM) 6-3, 6-3

Viktoria Stoklasova (USA) d. Igna deVilliers (UM) 4-6, 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

Boverhof/Scheltens (USA) d. Broderick/Bogomolova (UM) 9-8 (5)

Ondreikova/Puflerova (USA) d. Hora/Scaglione (UM) 8-1

Hafner/Bennacer (UM) d. Sosnarova/Stoklasova (USA) 8-4