Boston College
UNLV Invitational - Kansas
Women's Tennis Defeats Oklahoma State and Kansas
February 29, 2004 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 29, 2004
LAS VEGAS - After falling to 14th-ranked Fresno State Friday, Boston College rebounded with wins over No. 38 Oklahoma State, Saturday, and Kansas, Sunday, to earn fifth place at the UNLV Invitational at Fertitta Tennis Complex in Las Vegas, Nev.
Boston College's record improves to 5-3 with the two wins.
Though the Eagles lost the doubles point to Kansas, dropping two matches, the team responded with four singles wins and the match was called giving BC the 4-1 win.
Szilvia Szegedi (Dumakeszi, Hungary), Allison Ashley (Chestnut Hill, Mass.), Lindsey Nash (Temecula, Calif.) and Emily Hellberg (Spring Lake, Mich.) recorded straight set wins for the Eagles.
In Saturday's match against Oklahoma State, junior Morgan Landes (Huron, Ohio) defeated Zana Masnic in three sets, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, to propel BC to a 5-2 victory earning the Eagles a spot in the fifth-place match.
The win marked the first in recent memory for Boston College over a top-40 team.
Earning singles wins for BC were Nida Waseem (Karachi, Pakistan), Nash and Hellberg. At No. 2, Waseem won the first set, 6-0, before Jana Karaskova of Oklahoma State retired. Nash defeated Lauren Simmons at No. 5, 6-2, 7-5, while Hellberg also won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1. She beat Jennifer Poskitt, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 6.
The Eagles took the doubles point with wins at the Nos. 1 and 3 positions. Waseem and Hellberg beat Katya Kolodynska and Karaskova, 8-6, improving to 3-3 on the year, while Szegedi and Nash teamed-up for the first time this season to beat Poskitt and Simmons in a hard-fought battle, 9-8.
The women's tennis team travels to California to face 64th-ranked San Diego, Tuesday, Mar. 2, before facing off against 65th-ranked Long Beach State on Thursday.
Boston College - 4, Kansas - 1
SINGLES RESULTS
Szilvia Szegedi (BC) d. Emily Haylock (KU), 6-3, 6-1
Nida Waseem (BC) vs. Courtney Steinbock (KU), DNF
Allison Ashley (BC) d. Brittany Brown (KU), 6-1, 6-0
Morgan Landes (BC) vs. Christine Skoda (KU). DNF
Lindsey Nash (BC) d. Luiza Loureiro (KU), 6-2, 6-1
Emily Hellberg (BC) d. Ashley Filberth (KU), 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES RESULTS
Steinbock/Kristen Steinbock (KU) d. Waseem/Hellberg (BC), 8-6
Haylock/Filberth (KU) vs. Ashley/Emily Yeomans (BC), DNF
Brown/Skoda (KU) d. Szegedi/Landes (BC), 8-4
Boston College - 5, #38 Oklahoma State - 2
SINGLES RESULTS
Katya Kolodynska (OSU) d. Szilvia Szegedi (BC) 7-5, 6-2
Nida Waseem (BC) d. Jana Karaskova (OSU) 6-0, retired
Ines Furtmayr (OSU) d. Allison Ashley (BC) 7-5, 6-2
Morgan Landes (BC) d. Zana Masnic (OSU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Lindsey Nash (BC) d. Lauren Simmons (OSU) 6-2, 7-5
Emily Hellberg (BC) d. Jennifer Poskitt (OSU) 6-4, 6-1
DOUBLE RESULTS
Waseem/Hellberg (BC) d. Kolodynska/Karaskova (OSU) 8-6
Furtmayr/Masnic (OSU) d. Ashley/Emily Yeomans (BC) 8-2
Szegedi/Nash (BC) d. Poskitt/Simmons (OSU) 9-8
