13th-Ranked Notre Dame Ends Women's Tennis' Season in Opening Round Of The NCAA Tournament
May 13, 2000 SouthBnd, Ind. - The UIC women's tennis team saw its 1999-2000 season come to an end on Saturday afternoon in South Bend, Ind., as they dropped a 5-0 decision to 13th-ranked Notre Dame in the opening round of the 2000 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship at the Courtney Tennis Center. With the win, the Irish advance to the second round for a match against 20th-ranked South Carolina at noon on Sunday. The Gamecocks defeated Western Michigan 5-1 on Saturday. Notre Dame took the first five singles matches against the Flames to give them the five points they needed for victory. They went on to take the remaining matches against UIC but those exhibition victories do not count toward the overall team score. Notre Dame's Becky Varnum opened the contest with a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Emina Curic at No. 2 singles for the Irish's first tally. Freshman Katie Cunha, with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Alyson Stalzer at No. 6 singles, and sophomore Nina Vaughnan , who was triumphant over Zorica Malesevic 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles, gave UND a commanding 3-0 lead. Junior All-American Michelle Dasso put the Irish ahead 4-0 with her 100th career singles win. She defeated Jacki Farr 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Lindsey Green then clinched the win when she defeated Zvjezana Malesevic 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5 singles. The Flames best effort of the day came from freshman Nicole Derouin, who in her first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance took Kelly Zalinski into a third-set tiebreaker, before falling 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3) in the No. 3 singles fray. UIC finishes the season with a 10-13 record. #13 NOTRE DAME 5, UIC 0
Singles No. 1: #27 Michelle Dasso (ND) def. Jacki Farr (UIC) 6-1, 6-2 No. 2: Beck Varnum (ND) def. Emina Curic (UIC) 6-0, 6-1 No. 3: Kelly Zalinski (ND) def. Nicole Derouin (UIC) 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3) No. 4: Nina Vaughan (ND) def. Zorica Malesevic (UIC) 6-2, 6-2 No. 5: Lindsey Green (ND) def. Zvjezdana Malesevic (UIC) 6-1, 6-2 No. 6: Katie Cunha(ND) def. Alyson Stalzer (UIC) 6-1, 6-0
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