No. 15 Miami Rolls Past UCF, 6-1

March 27, 2004

CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The No. 15-ranked Miami women’s tennis team remains perfect at home, beating Central Florida 6-1 Saturday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

The Hurricanes improve to 13-2 overall and 11-0 at home this season. UCF falls to 8-7 on the season. UM leads the all-time series 5-0 over the Golden Knights.

Miami won two-of-three doubles matches with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. No. 22 Melissa Applebaum (Coral Gables, Fla.) and Megan Bradley (Columbia, Mo.) rolled past Amira Samara and Ola Luczak 8-1 at the No. 1 spot.

Sara Robbins (Tuscon, Ariz.) and Staci Stevens (Hammond, La.) clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 win over Anna Westin and Kristina Lohmos at the No. 2 spot.

No. 4 Bradley earned her 14th win of the season as Westin retired early in the first set due to injury.

Miami was quickly up 3-0 in the match as Stevens blew past Luczak 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles.

Sihem Bennacer (Algires, Algeria) clinched the win for Miami with a 6-4, 6-1 decision over Samara at No. 6 singles.

Audrey Banada (North Miami Beach, Fla.) remains perfect on the season at 14-0 with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Megan Hunter at No. 5 singles.

Toro won the first set 7-5 and was up 4-2 in the second when Pam Fernandez retired at No. 3 singles.

The Hurricanes return to action Sunday, April 4 facing BIG EAST rival Notre Dame at Noon in South Bend, Ind.

No. 15 Miami 6, UCF 1
March 27, 2004 – Coral Gables, Fla.
Singles
1. No. 4 Megan Bradley (UM) def. Anna Westin (UCF) 1-2, ret.
2. Kristina Lohmos (UCF) def. Melissa Applebaum (UM) 6-1, 4-6, (11-9)
3. Mari Toro (UM) def. Pam Fernandez (UCF) 7-5, 4-2 ret.
4. Staci Stevens (UM) def. Ola Luczak (UCF) 6-1, 6-0
5. Audrey Banada (UM) def. Megan Hunter (UCF) 6-4, 6-2
6. Sihem Bennacer (UM) def. Amira Samara (UCF) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
1. No. 22 Applebaum/Bradley (UM) def. Samara/Luczak (UCF) 8-1
2. Sara Robbins/Stevens (UM) def. Westin/Lohmos (UCF) 8-4
3. Fernandez/Hunter (UCF) def. Banada/Toro (UM) 8-3