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April 12, 2003
CHARLOTTESVILLE – The No. 32 Virginia women’s tennis team won its second straight ACC match Saturday, defeating Wake Forest 5-2 at the Snyder Tennis Center. With the win, the Cavaliers are now 13-8 overall, 3-4 in the ACC.
The visiting Demon Deacons would take an early 1-0 lead by taking the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. The Cavalier team of Henriette Williams (Raleigh, N.C.) and Jennifer Tuchband (Millburn, N.J.) posted the only UVa win, at No. 1 doubles.
However, the Cavaliers would rally to win the match with strong singles play, taking five of the six matches. Lori Stern (Ojai, Calif.) and Marta Bechliwanis (Etobicoke, Ont.) won at No. 4 and No. 5 singles to bring the match score to 2-2 after Wake Forest had won at No. 1 singles. Tuchband would post a straight set win at No. 2 singles before Kristen James (Clifton, Va.) would clinch the match with her three set win at No. 3 singles. Lauren Bruch (Lake Forest, Ill.) closed out the match with a three set win at No. 6 singles.
“This team proved today that they will fight all day long,” stated Virginia head coach Phil Rogers. “We got behind early by losing the doubles point, but we showed a lot of character to respond like we did in singles.”
Virginia closes out the regular season on Sunday as they host NC State at noon at the Snyder Tennis Center.
No. 32 Virginia 5, Wake Forest 2Singles:1. No. 112 Karin Coetzee (WF) def. No. 88 Henriette Williams (UVa) 6-2, 6-32. No. 86 Jennifer Tuchband (UVa) def. Katie Martzolf (WF) 6-3, 7-53. Kristen James (UVa) def. Aimee Smith (WF) 6-3, 4-6, 6-34. Lori Stern (UVa) def. Elizabeth Proctor (WF) 6-3, 6-15. Marta Bechliwanis (UVa) def. Alexandra Knight (WF) 6-4, 6-46. Lauren Bruch (UVa) def. Danielle Schwartz (WF) 7-6, 1-6, 6-1Doubles:1. No. 50 Tuchband/Williams (UVa) def. Coetzee/Smith (WF) 8-62. Martzolf/Schwartz (WF) def. No. 31 K. James/ Stern (UVa) 9-63. Proctor/Knight (WF) def. Bruch/Montgomery (UVa) 9-7