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No. 8 Duke Defeats 72nd-Ranked Tigers, 6-1
February 23, 2008 | Women's Tennis
Princeton got a singles win from freshman Taylor Marable but fell to eighth-ranked Duke by a 6-1 score in a women's tennis match played at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center Friday evening.
Marable split sets with Duke's Melissa Mang at No. 4 singles, winning the first set 6-3, before winning a 10-point tiebreak by a 10-7 score to win the match.
At No. 1 singles, Princeton sophomore Melissa Saiontz gave the No. 16 player in the nation, Ellah Nze, all she could handle before falling in three sets. Saiontz won the second set 6-3 to send the match to a third and deciding set.
Duke's top three singles players are all ranked 38th or better nationally. At No. 2 singles, Princeton's Ivana King played a tight second set with Elizabeth Plotkin before falling by scores of 6-3 and 7-5.
All three doubles matches were Duke wins by 8-4 scores.
The Tigers face another top 10 team, second-ranked Northwestern, Saturday in a neutral-site match in Durham. The Wildcat lineup features four nationally-ranked singles players.
No. 8 Duke 6, No. 72 Princeton 1
February 22, 2008
Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center – Durham, N.C.
Singles
1. #16 Ellah Nze (D) def. Melissa Saiontz (P) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
2. #38 Elizabeth Plotkin (D) def. Ivana King (P) 6-3, 7-5
3. #13 Reka Zsilinszka (D) def. Rebecca Parks (P) 6-4, 6-1
4. Taylor Marable (P) def. Melissa Mang (D) 6-3, 5-7, 10-7*
5. Jessi Robinson (D) def. Sarah Huah (P) 6-0, 6-4
6. Tory Zawacki (D) def. Sarah Hoffman (P) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 3,5,6,2,4,1
Doubles
1. R. Zsilinszka/E. Plotkin (D) def. I. King/R. Parks (P) 8-4
2. M. Mang/J. Robinson (D) def. T. Marable/M. Saiontz (P) 8-4
3. T. Zawacki/Amanda Granson (D) def. S. Hoffman/S. Huah (P) 8-4
Order of finish: 3,1,2
Match Notes
Team Records: Duke (5-0, 0-0 ACC), Princeton (5-3, 0-0 Ivy)
*Results later vacated due to NCAA Committee on Infractions decision.