No. 38 Women's Tennis Beat No. 25 South Alabama, 4-3
Feb. 2, 2002
CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The No. 38-ranked Miami women’s tennis team remains undefeated after beating No. 25 South Alabama, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
Miami improves to 3-0 on the season, while USA drops to 1-2 overall.
The match came down to No. 2 singles where senior Marcy Hora faced off with Silvia Sosnarova of South Alabama.
The match went to three sets after Hora won the first set 6-4 and lost the second 6-7 (8).
Hora was up 4-1 in the third set when South Alabama head coach Joey Scrivano became upset with a call made by the lines judge and was penalized a game penalty.
Scrivano continued to argue with the official and was penalized a match penalty to give Miami the win over Jaguars.
The Hurricanes entered singles play down 1-0 after losing the doubles point.
Sophomore Sihem Bennacer won the first point for UM at No. 4 singles beating Nienke Scheltens 6-2, 6-2.
Miami was down 3-1 after falling at No. 3 and No. 6 singles.
The Hurricanes needed to win the remaining three matches to clinch the win, newcomer No. 69 Mari Toro beat No. 32 Viktoria Stoklasova 7-5, 4-6, 6-0 at the No. 1 spot, and Ewelina Skaza beat Katarina Palenikova 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 5 to tie the match at three-all.
Hora’s defeat over Sosnarova gave Miami the 4-3 victory over the Jaguars.
Miami is back in action Friday hosting No. 48 Mississippi State at 3 p.m.
Miami 4, USA 3
Singles
1. No. 69 Mari Toro (UM) def. No. 32 Viktoria Stoklasova (USA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
2. Marcy Hora (UM) def. Silvia Sosnarova (USA) 6-4, 6-7 (8), 5-1 def.
3. Josien Boverhof (USA) def. Staci Stevens (UM) 6-3, 6-2
4. Sihem Bennacer (UM) def. Nienke Scheltens (USA) 6-2, 6-2
5. Ewelina Skaza (UM) def. Katarina Palenikova (USA) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
6. Dominika Nemcovicova (USA) def. Sara Robbins (UM) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1. Josien Boverhof/Nienke Scheltens (USA) def. Mari Toro/Marcy Hora (UM) 8-6
2. Katarina Palenikova/Viktoria Stoklasova (USA) def. Igna deVilliers/Abby Smith (UM) 8-5
3. Sara Robbins/Sihem Bennacer (UM) def. Silvia Sosnarova/Dominika Nemcovicova (USA) 8-3
