Feb. 13, 2010

Minneapolis, Minn. - The Missouri women's tennis team (2-3) split two matches on Saturday, taking a 7-0 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee, while falling 6-1 to the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

The Tigers picked up a lone singles win in their match against Minnesota. Maria Christensen, a freshman from Hellerup, Denmark, picked up a key victory over Minnesota's Jackie Sperling at the No. 5 position, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. With wins over both Purdue and Memphis this season, Christensen improves her record to 3-1 for the season, with her only loss coming to Ohio State's Fidan Manashirova.

At No. 3 singles, Kaitlyn Ritchie, a junior from Bartlesville, Okla. fell to Alexa Palen, 6-4, 6-3.

At the No. 4 singles spot, freshman Andrea Lewis dropped to 2-3 on the season with a 6-4, 6-3 loss to Doron Muravnik.

The Tigers won all their matches against Wisconsin-Milwaukee this morning, picking up the doubles point and six singles victories. A match-by-match summary will be provided when match scores become available.

The Tigers will return to the court on Feb. 23, when they face-off with Saint Louis University at 5 p.m. at the Green Tennis Center, in a match rescheduled from Feb. 5.

#62 Minnesota 6, Missouri 1
Feb 13, 2010 Baseline Tennis Center Minneapolis, MN
Singles
1. #111 Tijana Koprivica (MINN) def. Jamie Mera (MIZZ) 6-4, 6-1
2. Alessandra Ferrazzi (MINN) def. Mallory Weber (MIZZ) 6-2, 6-4
3. Alexa Palen (MINN) def. Kaitlyn Ritchie (MIZZ) 6-3, 6-2
4.  Doron Muravnik (MINN) def. Andrea Lewis (MIZZ) 6-4, 6-3
5. Maria Christensen (MIZZ) def. Jackie Sperling (MINN) 6-2, 3-6, 10-8
6. Magdalena Wiecha (MINN) def. Kristen Bleakley (MIZZ) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
1. Alessandra Ferrazzi/Alexa Palen(MINN) def. Mallory Weber/Kaitlyn Ritchie (MIZZ) 8-2
2. Tijana Koprivica/Jackie Sperling (MINN) def. Andrea Lewis/Kristen Bleakley (MIZZ) 8-1
3. Doron Muravnik/Mariana Spilca (MINN) def. Jamie Mera/Maria Christensen (MIZZ) 8-7 (2)