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April 21, 2007

Final Stats

Normal, Ill. - The University of Northern Iowa women's tennis team earned its first victory over Illinois State since the 1985-86 season topping the Redbirds 4-3 today. The Panthers move to 16-5 and 5-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play.

            The Panthers were able to claim the doubles point for the 15^th time this season, winning two of the three matches. Mariana Muraca (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Taynara Moraes (Santos, Brazil) won 8-4 over Julia Zubkova and Jeanelle Stines 8-4 in the No. 2 doubles match. Meredith Esbeck (Des Moines, Iowa) and Carolina Hannes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) won 8-4 over Matea Simovic and Carolyne Parent.

            In singles play Meghana Paritala (Secunderabad, India) won 7-6, (7-1), 7-5 over Katri Miller in the No. 1 singles match, while Muraca won over Jeanelle Stines 7-6, (7-3), 6-4 in the No. 5 singles match. Esbeck won 7-5, 6-2 over Matea Simovic in the No. 6 singles match.

            "This was a huge win for us today," UNI head coach Sachin Kirtane said. "This is the first win for us over Illinois State since I've been here, I have to give all the credit to the girls; they played really hard today."

            The Panthers will wrap up regular season Valley schedule tomorrow at Bradley. The match is set to begin at 11 a.m.

University of Northern Iowa: 4                     Illinois State: 3

Doubles:

Katri Miller/Veroni Parke-Bedard (ILS) def. Meghana Paritala/Agnese Pukse (UNI) 9-7

Mariana Muraca/ Taynara Moraes (UNI) def. Julia Zubkova/Jeanelle Stines (ILS) 8-4

Meredith Esbeck/Carolina Hannes (UNI) def. Matea Simovic/Carolyne Parent (ILS) 8-4

Singles:

Meghana Paritala (UNI) def. Katri Miller (ILS) 7-6, (7-1), 7-5

Julia Zubkova (ILS) def. Agnese Pukse (UNI) 6-1, 6-1

Veroni Parke-Bedard (ILS) def. Taynara Moraes (UNI) 6-1, 7-6, (7-5)

Carolyne Parent (ILS) def. Carolina Hannes (UNI) 6-2, 6-4

Mariana Muraca (UNI) def. Jeanelle Stines (ILS) 7-6, (7-3), 6-4

Meredith Esbeck (UNI) def. Matea Simovic (ILS) 7-5, 6-2