April 23, 2006
Men's & Women's Tennis Championship Page
Different Year, same story at the 2006 Horizon League Men's & Women's Tennis Championships, as both the Butler University men and University of Illinois at Chicago women repeat at Horizon League champions.
The Bulldogs, who entered the championship as the number one seed, defeated No. 2 UIC, 4-1, to earn their fifth consecutive title, while the UIC women claimed their tenth consecutive crown by defeating
First Team All-Horizon League selection James Low picked up two victories on the match, winning at No. 2 doubles with Andy Bartish and defeating Paul Glendenning at No. 2 singles. Eric Fey picked up the lone point for UIC, winning at No. 6 singles over Eric Breitenbach.
On the women's side, UIC earned three victories at the No. 3-5 singles positions, and also claimed the doubles point. Molly Smith and Grace Gill-Morlis went 2-0 on the day, each winning at singles and defeating Chelsey Casperson and Carrie Rachon as a No. 3 doubles team.
With the wins, the
In the days other matches,
In the men's third-place match, Cleveland State University defeated the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 4-0. CSU took the doubles point and earned wins at the number one, four and five singles positions to earn the victory.
HORIZON LEAGUE MEN'S & WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: DAY TWO
Men's Championship Match: BU 4, UIC 1
No. 1 Brandon Gill (BU) and Ivan Kovalev (UIC)- Did not finish
No. 2 James Low (BU) defeated Paul Glendenning (UIC)- 7-5, 6-1
No. 3 Parker Ross (BU) defeated Adriano Liccardo (UIC)- 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 Andy Bartish (BU) and Enrico Kasjan (UIC)- Did not finish
No. 5 Evan West (BU) defeated Andy Lockhart (UIC)- 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Eric Fey (UIC) defeated Eric Breitenbach (BU) - 6-4, 6-3
No. 1 Gill/Ross defeated Kovalev/Lockhart- 8-1
No. 2 Low/Bartish defeated Liccardo/Kasjan- 8-6
No. 3 Glendenning/Fey defeated Aker/Breitenbach - 8-6
Women's Championship Match: UIC 4 , BU 1
No. 1 Alaina Griffin (BU) defeated Iris Jaklin (UIC) - 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 Callan Smith (UIC) defeated Tayo Bailey (BU)- 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 Corey Steven (UIC) and Michelle Hawes (BU)- Did not finish
No. 4 Molly Smith (UIC) defeated Chelsey Casperson (BU)- 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 Grace Gill-Morlis (UIC) defeated A. Harrison (BU)- 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Christina Oum (UIC) and Chelsey Casperson (BU)- Did not finish
No. 1 C. Smith/Steven and Griffin/Fields- Did not finish
No. 2 Jaklin/Oum defeated Bailey/Hawes- 8-2
No. 3 M. Smith/Gill-Morlis defeated Casperson/Rachon- 8-2
Women's
No. 1 Tiffani Foster (WSU) defeated Emily Thayer (YSU)- 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 Audra Beckett (WSU) defeated Whitney Thomas (YSU)- 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 Allison Day (YSU) defeated Laura Culbertson (WSU)- 6-0, 6-4
No. 4 Gina Peretti (YSU) defeated Christa Ames (WSU)- 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 Michelle Fuleky (YSU) and Megan Laux (WSU)- Did not finish
No. 6 Nicole Haralambopolous (YSU) defeated Karina Presti (WSU)- 6-0, 6-1
No. 1 T. Foster/A. Beckett defeated A. Day/N. Haralambopolous - 8-4
No. 2 G. Peretti/E. Thayer defeated L. Culbertson/C. Ames- 9-8 (7-2)
No. 3 W. Thomas/M. Fuleky defeated M. Laux/K. Presti- 8-3
Men's
No. 1 Olivier Dhaine (CSU) defeated Matt Weiss (UWGB)- 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 Jay Tee (CSU) and Mark Goldin (UWGB)- Did not finish
No. 3 Brad Groleski (CSU) and Matt Keesy (UWGB)- Did not finish
No. 4 Rob West (CSU) defeated Scott Dickert (UWGB)- 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Dan Singer (CSU) defeated Eric Plaushines (UWGB)- 6-3, 7-5
No. 6 Eric Hines (UWGB) and Steven Wipprecht (CSU)- Did not finish
No. 1 Dhaine/Tee defeated Weiss/Goldin- 8-1
No. 2 West/Singer defeated Hines/Dickert- 8-6
No. 3 Plaushines/Keesy and Groleski/Wipprecht- Did not finish
Women's Fifth-place: CSU 4, UDM 2
No. 1 Annie Moore (UDM) defeated Sarah Galon (CSU)- 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 Jenn Myers (CSU) defeated Aneta Maricevic (UDM)- 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Morgan Ungerott (CSU) defeated Ashley Cummins (UDM)- 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 Amy Inman (UDM) defeated L. Sellers (CSU)- 6-4, 7-5
No. 5 Kristin Chamberlain (CSU) and Kelly Davis (UDM)- Did not finish
No. 6 Christine Vogelgsang (CSU) defeated S. Hill (UDM)- 0-6, 7-6, 6-4
No. 1 S. Galon/M. Ungerott defeated A. Moore/K. Davis- 8-3
No. 2 L. Sellers/K. Chamberlain and A. Maricevic/A. Cummins- Did not finish
No. 3 J. Myers/C. Vogelgsang defeated A. Inman/S. Hill- 8-4