MSUB Tennis Teams Take Two from Marauders (March 21, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – The MSU Billings men’s and women’s tennis teams each rolled to victories over the University of Mary Friday night.  The Yellowjacket men won 7-2 and the women prevailed 8-1 in the first of a pair of weekend dual matches.  After marathon singles matches in the men’s half of the dual, the women’s teams wrapped up play after 10:30 p.m.  The Yellowjackets and Marauders will square off again Saturday morning beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the MSU Billings Indoor Tennis Center.

Despite the 7-2 victory, the Yellowjackets had to battle at the top of the singles matches.  At #1, the Jackets’ Sergio Diaz needed three sets to dispatch Victor Romero.  Diaz dropped the first set 6-3 before outlasting Romero 7-5 and 7-6 in the final two sets.  At #2, MSUB’s Ryan Smith also went deep into three sets before losing 7-6 in the third set.  Those two matches pushed the remaining men’s matches and the start of the women’s matches well into the night. 

The Lady Jackets cruised to their win, dropping only the #1 match.  They swept through the three doubles matches and won singles #2 through #6.  The highlight of the match was MSUB’s Amanda Schlosser’s battle with Anna Neubauer.  Schlosser prevailed 7-5, 6-3.

MSU Billings Men 7, Univ. of Mary 2
Singles
Sergio Diaz (MSUB) def. Victor Romero (UM), 3-6, 7-5, 7-6
Brett Carlsrud (UM) def. Ryan Smith (MSUB), 5-7, 6-3, 7-6
Jose Garcia (MSUB) def. Danny Keith (UM), 6-1, 6-1
Rafael Gale (MSUB) def. Nate Hill (UM), 6-3, 6-4
Kellen Malone (MSUB) def. Paul Christen (UM), 6-2, 6-3
Seth Maristuen (MSUB) def. Mike Kapp (UM), 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
Smith/Calabro def. Carlsrud/Hill, 8-6
Diaz/Gale def. Romero/Christen, 8-4
Keith/Matt Shaw def. Brian Kasid/Luke Visger, 8-2

MSU Billings Women 8, Univ. of Mary 1
Singles
Marie Woltanski (UM) def. Rachel Hertz (MSUB), 7-6, 6-1
Amanda Schlosser (MSUB) def. Anna Neubauer (UM), 7-5, 6-3
Becky Fry (MSUB) def. Kelly Routledge (UM), 6-1, 6-1
Jenni Howe (MSUB) def. Jayme Sundheim (UM), 6-0, 6-2
Lee Sowada (MSUB) def. Shawna Stenbauer (UM), 6-0, 6-0
Margot Merrill-Johnson (MSUB) def. Jenna Dobroulny (UM), 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
Hertz/Schlosser def. Woltanski, 8-4
Howe/Sowada def. Routledge/Stenbauer, 8-6
Fry/Merrill-Johnson def. Dobroulny/Amanda Kimmet, 8-0