Cyclones Downed in Minneapolis

Friday, January 27

Minneapolis, Minn.

6:00 PM

Iowa State

Minnesota

01.27.2012 | Tennis

By: cyclones.com

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Big-10 opponent Minnesota swept the Iowa State tennis team Friday night, defeating the Cyclones 7-0 in duals.

The Golden Gophers met the Cyclones in September at their home tournament, and the squad wasted no time, clinching the match early after capturing the doubles point.

Cyclone senior Marie-Christine Chartier took her opponent, Aria Lambert, to a third set but was unable to hold off the Golden Gopher's No. 6 singles player. Chartier took the first set 6-1, but fell 6-2, 6-2 in the next two sets to suffer the loss. Minnesota clinched the series after Julia Courter's 6-4, 6-0 win over Simona Cacciuttolo.

Iowa State is on the road again next weekend, when the team travels to Kalamazoo, Mich. to face Western Michigan and Marquette

Singles
1. Natallia Pintusava (MINN) def. Maria Fernanda Macedo (ISU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Alexa Palen (MINN) def. Ksenia Pronina (ISU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Julia Courter (MINN) def. Simona Cacciuttolo (ISU) 6-4, 6-0
4. Tereza Brichacova (MINN) def. Tessa Lang (ISU) 6-4, 7-6
5. Doron Muravnik (MINN) def. Meghan Cassens (ISU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Aria Lambert (MINN) def. Marie Christine-Chartier (ISU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 6

Doubles
1. Courter/Renault (MINN) def. Lang/Macedo (ISU) 8-4
2. Brichacova/Palen (MINN) def. Cacciuttolo/Pronina (ISU) 8-1
3. Pintusava/Umanets (MINN) def. Langhorst/Chartier (ISU) 8-6
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3