Butler men, UIC women claim titles at 2006 Horizon League Tennis Championships

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 Butler, 4-1. 

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 Butler men and UIC women both advance to the respective NCAA Tennis Championship Tournaments.

In the days other matches, Youngstown State University earned third place, defeating Wright State University, 4-2.  The Penguins, who entered the championship as the number two seed, claimed the doubles point and wins at three of the four lower singles positions, including a win by All- Horizon League Second Team selection Gina Peretti over Christa Ames at No. 4.

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.  UW-Green Bay, hurting from the loss of Horizon League Player of the Year Tim Prudlow, who withdrew from the championship with an illness, took fourth-place honors after finishing third in the regular season.

Cleveland State defeated University of Detroit Mercy, 4-2, in the women's fifth-place match. The Vikings, who finished the regular season at 4-3 in League play, were led by Second Team All-League selection Morgan Ungerott, who claimed victories at No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles.   Detroit's Annie Moore, named Horizon League Player of the Year at the pre-championship banquet, earned a win at No. 1 singles over Sarah Galon to lead the Titans.

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 Third Place Match: YSU 4, WSU 2

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 Third Place Match: CSU 4, UWGB 0

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