Iowa State Downs Air Force, 7-0

    Senior Christen Monreal
    Senior Christen Monreal

    March 5, 2011

    The Air Force women's tennis team had its Division I-record 12 match winning streak snapped Saturday with a 7-0 loss to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. The Falcons fall to 12-3 this spring with the loss.

    The Cyclones jumped out to a 1-0 lead with wins at the top two doubles spots. The only Falcon win all day was at No. 3 doubles, where senior Sarah Cassman and Hannah Dake defeated Liza Wischer and Emma Waites, 8-1.

    Iowa State swept the six singles matches, four of them in straight sets. Junior Tahlia Smoke took Maria Macedo to three sets at the No. 2 match before losing, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0, while freshman Anastasia Hueffner lost the No. 5 match to Jenna Langhorst, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

    The Falcons continue their road trip on Sunday, March against Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa beginning at 11 a.m.

    Iowa State 7, Air Force 0
    Saturday, March 5, 2011
    Ames, Iowa

    Singles
    1. Erin Karonis (ISU) def. Christen Monreal, 6-2, 7-6(1)
    2. Maria Macedo (ISU) def. Tahlia Smoke, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
    3. Tessa Lang (ISU) def. Melissa Cecil, 6-3, 6-3
    4. Simona Cacciuttolo (ISU) def. Sarah Cassman, 6-2, 6-4
    5. Jenna Langhorst (ISU) def. Anastasia Hueffner, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
    6. Liza Wischer (ISU) def. Megumi Voight, 6-3, 6-4

     

     

    Doubles
    1. Lang/Macedo (ISU) def. Cecil/Smoke, 8-2
    2. Karonis/Cacciuttolo (ISU) def. Hueffner/Monreal, 8-6
    3. Cassman/Dake (AFA) def. Waites/Wischer, 8-1
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