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Army Tops UMass, 5-2, In Women's Tennis
February 12, 2006 | Tennis
Feb. 12, 2006
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Army battled back from a 2-0 defecit to defeat the UMass women's tennis team 5-2, on Saturday at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center. Michele Spiess won at second-singles for UMass.
Spiess defeated Kristin Flach, 6-3, 6-2. She also teammated with Masha Pozar to win at first doubles, 8-0. The Minuewomen also captured the second doubles match as Susan Johnson and Dorothy Iwanowicz won by the score of 8-6.
The Black Knights (2-5) lost the doubles point and dropped the first singles match before comeback run. With Army leading 3-2, Alquero and Shurtz won their matches, at No. 5 and No. 4 respectively, to secure the victory over the Minutemen.
UMass plays Binghamton on Feb. 18 at Cornell at 2 p.m. The following day the Minutewomen take on the host Big Red in Ithaca.
Army 5, UMass 2
Singles
1. Megan Noble (A) def. Masha Pozar - 7-5, 7-6.
2. Michelle Spiess (M) def. Kristin Flach - 6-3, 6-2.
3. Sarah Giles-Madden (A) def. Susan Johnson - 6-2, 6-3.
4. Jessica Shurtz (A) def. Dorothy Iwanowicz - 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
5. Diana Alquero (A) def. Jana Bartoloni - 6-2, 6-7, 6-1.
6. Amanda Paluch (A) def. Stephanie Gimenez - 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (best two-of-three earns team point)
1. Speiss/Pozar (M) def. Noble/Giles-Madden - 8-0.
2. Johnson/Iwanowicz (M) def. Paluch/Flach - 8-6.
3. Christine Limsiaco/Shurtz (A) def. Bartoloni/Lauren MacKay - 8-3.
