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MSU Women's Tennis Goes On The Road For Two Matches In Tennessee
 
Spartans face off against Charlotte on Saturday and East Tennessee State on Sunday.
 
 
 

 
Freshman Whitney Wilson
 
 

Feb. 22, 2008

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COMING UP
The Michigan State women's tennis team prepares for a weekend doubleheader in Bristol, Tenn. The Spartans will play a neutral-site match against the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. East Tennessee will then play host to MSU on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 9 a.m.

LAST TIME OUT
The Spartans entertained No. 65 Western Michigan last Saturday, at the MSU Indoor Tennis Facility in East Lansing. The matches were very highly contested between both teams, going back and forth all night. The Broncos scored first as they won the important doubles point, which proved to be the difference in the match. Western Michigan then went on to win three singles flights, defeating the Spartans, 4-3.

The Broncos came out tough from the start against MSU, sweeping all three doubles flights, 8-6, 8-5, 8-5.

In singles action, the Spartans fought back as MSU's No. 5 Ana Milosavljevic rolled past Ashley Moccia 6-0, 6-2. Lindsey Lonergan soon followed, downing the Bronco's Amanda Moccia, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 4, giving the Spartans a 2-1 lead. WMU picked up its first singles win of the night as MSU's Christine Bader fell at No. 1 to Kerstin Paul, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. After three and a half hours of competition, the last three matches all ended within two minutes of each other. The Broncos finished off the Spartans taking flights six and three, and walked away with the one point victory.

KEY PLAYERS
Ana Milosavljevic is having an outstanding season for the Spartans, as she has the best record on the team in singles (13-5) and doubles (13-6). Manon Noe and Milosavljevic are tied for the most wins on the team in singles play with 13. The freshman duo of Lindsey Lonergan and Noe have posted a 3-1 record at No. 2 doubles, while No. 3 Whitney Wilson and Milosavljevic have also gone 3-1.

A LOOK AT THE COMPETITION
The Charlotte 49ers have a record of 1-2, and are coming off a 7-0 victory over Winston-Salem State. It's been up and down in three outings for the 49ers, as each competition has ended by a 7-0 margin. Sophomore Ana Spivakovsky is 1-2 at No. 1 singles.

Eastern Tennessee is 1-4 in dual-match play so far, and is coming of two consecutive 6-1 losses to No. 29 Kentucky and No. 12 Vanderbilt. Yevgeniya Stupak is 3-1 in singles play, and is fresh off a big victory over the No. 34 ranked player in the nation, Vanderbilt's Amanda Taylor.

UP NEXT
The Spartans take a weekend off, and return to action on Saturday, March 8, traveling to Huntington, W. Va., to take on No. 55 Marshall.