Chattanooga
Middle Tennessee State
Ballard Remains Unbeaten with Tennis Singles Win at Middle Tennessee
2/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Ballard, a senior from Lilburn, Ga., took Middle Tennessee's top player, A.K. Siljestrom, to three sets and pulled out a 6-2, 6-7, 7-5 victory at No. 1 singles for Chattanooga's lone team point. The win was Ballard's 50th career singles victory in dual matches. She earned an 18-8 record in 2007, playing No. 2 singles behind NCAA Qualifier Anastasia Zhukova.
“Lindsey is really playing well right now, and Beata (Knizat) turned in a solid effort as well,” Head Coach Jeff Clark said. “Middle Tennessee had a talented lineup where there wasn't much difference from the No. 1 player to the No. 6 player.”
The Blue Raiders, now 3-6, swept all three doubles matches for the doubles point.
Andrea Herrera's win over sophomore Kate Ksiezopolski at No. 6 singles gave the Blue Raiders their fourth point and sealed the victory for Middle Tennessee.
The Lady Mocs, 3-2, also received a valiant effort from junior Beata Knizat at No. 2 singles. Knizat stretched her singles match with Stephanie Parkison to three sets, claiming the first, 6-3. Parkison rebounded to take the last two, 6-4, 6-2.
Also competing for Chattanooga were senior Bonnie Adams at No. 3 singles and freshmen Annie Green and Arianna Sanjines at the four and five positions respectively. Freshman regular Grace Robinette was unavailable because of an injury.
The Lady Mocs return to action Saturday, hosting North Alabama at 1 p.m. at the Hixson Racquet Club.
Middle
Tennessee 6, Chattanooga 1
Murfreesboro
Racquet
Club, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Doubles
(for one team point)
1.
Siljestrom/ Yusupova (MT) def. Adams/Knizat (UTC), 8-5
2. Pooja
Kommireddi/Chemin (MT) def. Ballard/Green (UTC), 8-3
3. Hartmann/Parkison (MT) def. Ksiezopolski/Sanjines (UTC), 8-0
Singles
1.
Lindsey Ballard (UTC) def. A.K. Siljestrom (MT), 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-5
2.
Stephanie Parkison (MT) def. Beata Knizat (UTC), 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
3.
Elvira Yusupova (MT) def. Bonnie Adams (UTC), 6-2, 6-0
4. Shannon
Hartman (MT) def. Annie Green (UTC), 6-1, 6-3
5. Marlene Chemin
(MT) def. Arianna Sanjines (UTC), 7-5, 6-0
6. Andrea Herrera (MT)
def. Kate Ksiezopolski (UTC), 6-0, 6-1
Team
records: UTC (3-2); Middle Tennessee (3-6)
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
