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Women's Tennis Falls to No. 40 Florida State
3/6/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 6, 2001
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Michigan State women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to No. 40 Florida State on Tuesday (March 6) in Tallahassee. It was the first-ever meeting between the schools.
Florida State took an early 1-0 lead as the Seminoles swept the doubles action to pick up the first point of the match. At the No. 1 position, FSU's Jessica Balbuena and Samantha Schoeffel defeated the Spartan freshmen duo of Caroline Lay and Trine Lise Juliussen, 8-3.
In singles play, MSU's Natasha Skogerboe dropped a 6-2, 6-3 decision to FSU's Alida Gallovits at No. 1 singles. Meanwhile, Caroline Lay fell to FSU's Nanette Duxin 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 3 position and Mollie Hood dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to FSU's Marina Raic at No. 6 singles.
The Spartans (5-7 overall) return to action March 8 at Florida A&M.
Final Score
No. 40 Florida State 7, Michigan State 0
Singles No. 1 - Alida Gallovits (FSU) def. Nataska Skogerboe (MSU) 6-2, 6-3 No. 2 - Christina Denny (FSU) def. Josie Schmude (MSU) 6-1, 6-1 No. 3 - Nanette Duxin (FSU) def. Caroline Lay (MSU) 6-2, 6-4 No. 4 - Samantha Schoeffel (FSU) def. Trine Lise Juliussen (MSU) 6-1, 6-0 No. 5 - Jessica Balbuena (FSU) def. Christee Chargot (MSU) 6-2, 6-0 No. 6 - Marina Raic (FSU) def. Mollie Hood (MSU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles No. 1 - Balbuena/Schoeffel (FSU) def. Lay/Juliussen (MSU) 8-3 No. 2 - Duxin/Gallovits (FSU) def. Skogerboe/Hood (MSU) 8-3 No. 3 - Carratala/Raic (FSU) def. Chargot/Schmude (MSU) 8-2
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