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February 15, 2003 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 15, 2003
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The women's tennis team kept its perfect spring record intact Saturday, downing No. 71 Virginia Tech, 5-2.
The Eagles won five of the six singles matches to claim the victory. They got straight-set victories from their top three players -- freshman Szilvia Szegedi (Dumakeszi, Hungary), sophomore Nida Waseem (Karachi, Pakistan) and junior Allison Ashley (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) -- as well as their No. 6, junior Emily Hellberg (Spring Lake, Mich.).
The hardest-fought win came from sophomore Amy Molden (El Cajon, Calif.) at No. 5. She battled Ginger Lowdermilk to a third-set tie-breaker, eventually taking the match, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(9).
The Hokies won two of the three doubles matches. Ashley and Szegedi took care of Lowdermilk and Kristen Stubbs at No. 2 doubles, 8-3.
The team faces another stiff test Sunday at 10 a.m. when it goes up against No. 21 Notre Dame.
Boston College 5, Virginia Tech 2
Singles
Szilvia Szegedi (BC) def. Kristen Stubbs (VT) 6-1, 6-4
Nida Waseem (BC) def. Carolyn Kramer (VT) 6-1, 6-3
Allison Ashley (BC) def. Meredith Vincent (VT) 6-0, 6-4
Elissa Kinard (VT) def. Morgan Landes (BC) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0(6)
Amy Molden (BC) def. Ginger Lowdermilk (VT) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(9)
Emily Hellberg (BC) def. Zdenka Videnova (VT) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
Kinard/Kramer (VT) def. Waseem/Hellberg (BC) 8-3
Ashley/Szegedi (BC) def. Stubbs/Lowdermilk (VT) 8-3
Videnova/Felice Lam (VT) def. Landes/Yeomans (BC) 8-5
