Feb. 4, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - One day after falling to 13-ranked Georgia, fifth-ranked Northwestern came back with a vengeance in their second match of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Team Championship to destroy New Mexico 7-0.
Sophomore Jamie Peisel (Savannah, Ga./Savannah Country Day) and Valerie Vladea (Tiffin, Iowa/Burlington Central) gave the `Cats their first victory of the day by making quick work of Quintal and Robertson, 8-3.
But for the second-consecutive day, freshman Audra Cohen (Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) and junior Cristelle Grier (Epsom, England/Putney) fell at the No. 1 position. Kovacek and Gersic -- the fourth-ranked tandem in the nation -- defeated the top-ranked duo 8-3.
Senior Kristi Roemer (Piedmont, Calif./Piedmont) and sophomore Alexis Prousis (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) picked up the slack and clinched the overall doubles point with an 8-5 win over Heidbrink and Scott. Roemer and Prousis move to 4-0 on the year.
With a 1-0 team advantage, Northwestern carried the momentum into singles played where the `Cats claimed every match in straight sets.
Prousis and Peisel moved to 2-0 in singles at the tournament with wins at the No. 3 and No. 5 positions, respectively.
Freshman Alexis Conill (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons) improved to 2-0 on the year with her 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 6.
Cohen rebounded from her doubles loss with near-perfect play at No. 1 singles. The Florida native smoked 24th-ranked Maja Kovacek 6-0, 6-1.
Grier clinched the victory with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 2 over 66th-ranked Iva Gersic.
Vladea won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4, improving to 4-1 on the season.
Northwestern 7, New Mexico 0
Doubles
No. 1 - #4 Kovacek/Gersic (NM) def. #1 Cohen/Grier (NU), 8-3
No. 2 - Prousis/Roemer (NU) def. Heidbrink/Scott (NM), 8-5
No. 3 - Peisel/Vladea (NU) def. Quintal/Robertson (NM), 8-3
Singles
No. 1 - #1 Audra Cohen (NU) def. #24 Maja Kovacek (NM), 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 - #4 Cristelle Grier (NU) def. #66 Iva Gersic (NM), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - #49 Alexis Prousis (NU) def. Michelle Heidbrink (NM), 7-6 (4), 6-4
No. 4 - Valerie Vladea (NU) def. Lucy Scott (NM), 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 - Jamie Peisel (NU) def. Nora Quintal (NM), 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 - Alexis Conill (NU) def. Jennifer Ryba (NM), 6-2, 6-0