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No. 36 CU Defeats CSU, 5-2
April 01, 2003 | Tennis
BOULDER - The Colorado women's tennis team received wins at every singles position besides two of them and cruised to an easy 5-2 triumph over in-state rival Colorado State, Tuesday afternoon at the Kittredge Tennis Courts on the campus of the University of Colorado.
CU broke a two-match losing streak improving to 9-5 and continued its dominance over the Rams with their 24th straight victory. The Buffs also improved its nonconference record to 7-1, including 6-2 at home, while the Rams dropped their third in a row and fell to 4-6.
"We haven't played in 10 days and haven't had much practice," said Colorado head coach Nicole Kenneally. "Today was a great team effort and we played right through the last point."
CU's underclassmen continued to shine as sophomore Kendra Strandemo and Jessica Vanderdys took straight-set wins at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively adding to the CU advantage. The Buffaloes also claimed the doubles point sweeping all three pro-sets led by Dominique Lemperle and Lia Dimingo at No. 1 (9-7); Strandemo and Morgan Sall took an 8-6 win at No. 2; and at No. 3 Sarah Burrows and Vanderdys won by shutout, 8-0.
With a 3-0 advantage courtesy of the double's teams, Strandemo and Vanderdys, Colorado received additional tallies in the win column by Katherine Anne Lutgert at No. 3 (6-2, 6-1) and Morgan Sall. Sall rallied to win her ninth match in 11 attempts this spring taking a 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 decision.
"Morgan may have not played her best tennis, but she won anyway," added Kenneally. "She fought to the very end and wasn't up in the match until 6-5 in the third (set)."
Strandemo's win improved her spring record No. 4 singles to 9-1, while Vanderdys' win was her seventh in eight matches at the No. 5 slot.
Colorado takes the road with a pair of Big 12 Conference matches this weekend with Kansas State and Kansas this Saturday (April 5) and Sunday (April 6). Both matches begin at 11 a.m.
No. 36 Colorado 5, Colorado State 2
Colorado (9-5), Colorado State (4-6)
Singles
1) Sanja Hansson (CSU) def. Dominique Lemperle 6-4, 6-1; 2) Dasha Zhurin (CSU) def. Lia Dimingo 6-4, 6-2; 3) Katherine Anne Lutgert (CU) def. Alexandra Paganetti 6-2, 6-1; 4) Kendra Strandemo (CU) def. Carla Pallares 6-2, 6-2; 5) Jessica Vanderdys (CU) def. Tatyana Ugorich 6-1, 6-2; 6) Morgan Sall (CU) def. Jessica Jones 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Doubles
1) Dimingo / Lemperle (CU) def. Hansson / Zhurin 9-7; 2) Sall / Strandemo (CU) def. Pallares / Ugorich 8-6; 3) Sarah Burrows / Vanderdys (CU) def. Jones / Pagnetti 8-0.
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