DePaul University
Iowa
No. 38 DePaul Falls to Iowa on the Road
3/4/2012 12:00:00 AM | WOMEN'S TENNIS
March 4, 2012
IOWA CITY - Playing its second match in as many days, the No. 38 DePaul women's tennis team fell to Iowa 5-2 on Sunday at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex.
DePaul (10-4) started the match strong by winning the doubles point. Jasmin Kling and Gia McKnight overtook Morven McCulloch and Shelby Talcott 8-4 on the top doubles court. Playing in the No. 2 position, the Blue Demon pair of Patricia Fargas and Kelsey Lawson topped Christina Harazin and Sonja Molnar 8-5 to give DePaul a 1-0 advantage heading into singles.
Iowa (5-3), quickly stole the momentum of the match and tied the dual at one with a win on the sixth court and took a 2-1 lead with a victory on the top court. The Hawkeyes went on to win on the third, second and fourth courts.
With the match already decided, sophomore Kelsey Lawson recorded the Blue Demons second point of the match with her exciting three-set victory over Christinia Harazin on the fifth court. Lawson dropped the first set, 7-5, but bounced back with two impressive sets. The sophomore closed out the match with 7-5, 6-4 set scores.
DePaul will take two weeks off from duals to prepare for Winter Quarter finals before heading to Charleston, S.C. for Spring Break and will face No. 8 Northwestern in a neutral-site dual on Mar. 21.
Doubles:
1. Jasmin Kling/Gia McKnight def. Morven McCulloch/Shelby Talcott 8-4
2. Patricia Fargas/Kelsey Lawson def. Christina Harazin/Sonja Molnar 8-5
3. Ellen Silver/Katie Zordani def. Cali Gustafson/Carolin Neumann 8-5
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. #110 Sonja Molnar def. #121 Jasmin Kling 6-4, 7-5
2. Shelby Talcott def. Patricia Fargas 6-3, 6-4
3. Morven McCulloch def. Gia McKnight 1-6, 6-0, 7-5
4. Katie Zordani def. Carolin Neumann 6-3, 4-6, 1-0
5. Kelsey Lawson def. Christina Harazin 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
6. Ellen Silver def. Cali Gustafson 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5
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