The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's NCAA Tennis Regionals
6/21/1999 | Women's Tennis
With the win, the Lady Rebels improve to 22-4 overall and notch the single season record for wins. The previous best was 21 in the 1996 campaign. The Lady Rebels have now won nine in a row and 13 of their last 14.
"This was a tough match and it was exactly what we needed today," head coach Jerry Montgomery said. "Maryland is a good team and played very well. Courtenay (Chapman) made two great comebacks in her match."
Ivona Mihailova got things going early with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Lorraine Bittles at No. 2 singles. She improves to 23-3 in dual matches and has won nine in a row. Agnes Muzamel dominated Megan Griffin 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles to make it 2-0.
Alesya Ignatieva cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Adrienne Pavelko at No. 6 singles to give the Lady Rebels a 3-0 lead. Mariana Eberle finished off Courtney Perkins 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5 singles to increase the Lady Rebel lead to 4-0.
That left Courtenay Chapman and Celeste Frey remaining on court with Ole Miss needing one point to clinch the win. Chapman was down 5-1 in the first set and came back to win the set 7-5 and then was down 3-1 in the second and won the next five games to seal the victory for the Lady Rebels. Chapman has now won six in a row and seven of her last eight matches.
"We knew coming in that Ole Miss was a very tough team," Maryland head coach Jim Laitta said. "They are strong from top to bottom and are very deserving of their top five ranking. They have a chance to win it all. Ole Miss has a very classy team."
Ole Miss will meet the winner of the North Carolina/Washington match in the championship Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
OLE MISS 5
Maryland 0
SINGLES
#1 Agnes Muzamel (OM) def. Megan Griffin (UM) 6-2, 6-1
#2 Ivona Mihailova (OM) def. Lorraine Bittles (UM) 6-1, 6-0
#3 Celeste Frey (OM) def. Stacy Walkowitz (UM) 7-5, 6-3
#4 Courtenay Chapman (OM) def. Chrissie Terrill (UM) 7-5, 6-3
#5 Mariana Eberle (OM) def. Courtney Perkins (UM) 6-2, 6-4
#6 Alesya Ignatieva (OM) def. Adrienne Pavelko (UM) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles were not played.
North Carolina vs. Washington
SINGLES
#1 Kristina Kraszewski (UW) def. Jessica Zaganczyk (UNC) 6-3, 6-2
#2 Iiona Kordonskaya (UW)def. Caroline Hill (UNC)2-6, 6-3, 6-1
#3 Cena Hackler (UNC) def. Zuzana Stunova (UW) 6-4, 7-6(5)
#4 Lara Botts (UW)def. Sarah Hawkins (UNC)3-6,7-6(5),6-4
#5 Courtney Zalinski (UNC) def. Zeta Wagner (UW) 6-2, 6-4
#6 Jeni Burnette (UNC) def. Jenny Svanfeldt (UW) 6-3,7-5
DOUBLES
#1 Zaganczyk-Hackler (UNC) vs. Kordonskaya (UW)
#2 Hill-Hawkins (UNC) vs. Stunova-Svanfeldt (UW)
#3 Burnette-Zalinski (UNC) vs. Wagner-Peggy WU (WU)
