SDSU women win first tennis dual

Saturday, February 23

Cedar Falls, Iowa

11 a.m.

South Dakota State University

Wartburg (Iowa)

2/25/2008 1:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis

By: SDSU Sports Info

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa ? The South Dakota State University women's tennis team picked up its first dual victory of the season Saturday, downing Wartburg (Iowa), 6-1, in action at the Black Hawk Tennis Center.

The Jackrabbits, 1-8 overall, were originally scheduled to play Eastern Illinois on Saturday, but picked up the match against Wartburg upon their arrival in Cedar Falls on Friday. SDSU won five of the six singles matches and claimed two of three doubles matches for the final team point.

Emma Wylie, Jennifer Sondreal and Caitlin Brannen each were victorious in both singles and doubles action.

SDSU is scheduled to play Augustana Friday in Sioux Falls.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 6, WARTBURG (Iowa) 1
Singles
No. 1: Molly Eslick, Wartburg, def. Kate Wylie 6-4, 6-2
No. 2: Jennifer Sondreal, SDSU, def. Emily Heying 6-4, 6-2
No. 3: Caitlin Brannen, SDSU, def. Mirela Bacevac 6-2, 6-3
No. 4: Carrie Jansen, SDSU, def. Amanda Barkema 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (5-7), 10-4
No. 5: Emma Wylie, SDSU, def. Sara Bickford 6-1, 6-1
No. 6: Nellie Bloomberg, SDSU, def. Susie McArdle 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1: Wylie/Wylie, SDSU, def. Eslick/Heying, 8-3
No. 2: Sondreal/Brannen, SDSU, def. Bacevac/Barkema, 9-7
No. 3: Bickford/McArdle, Wartburg, def. Jansen/Amy Sanborn, 8-6