Feb. 1, 2000

Oak Park, Ill. - The UIC women's tennis team earned its first dual meet victory of the season Tuesday afternoon, downing Northern Illinois 7-2 at the Oak Park-River Forest Racquet Club.

"We still have a lot to work on, but it was nice to get a win," Head Coach Mary Dailey said after the match. "When I looked down the court after the first set of singles play we were down in four matches. We came back to win three of them so I guess we wanted it a little more than they did today."

Jacki Farr, Zorica Malesevic and Zvjezdana Malesevic all lost the first set of their singles match, but all three rallied for three-set victories.

Freshman Nicole Derouin, competing in the No. 2 singles slot, earned her first dual meet win of the season with a 6-3, 6-4 disposal of NIU's Kim Donsbach.

The Flames (1-3) took two out of the three doubles matches as Derouin and Harris tabbed their first doubles win of the season, 8-1. Liwanpo and Zvjezdana Malesevic, who played for the first time together this year, won a hard fought 9-7 match.

Dailey's crew is back in action on Saturday, Feb. 5, as they battle Valparaiso at the Oak Park-River Forest Racquet Club at 5:30 p.m.

FINALUIC                       7Northern Illinois         2

Match Results:SinglesNo. 1 - Anna Widen (NIU) def. Emina Curic (UIC) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2No. 2 - Nicole Derouin (UIC) def. Kim Donsbach (NIU) 6-3, 6-4No. 3 - Jacki Farr (UIC) def. Carrie Townsend (NIU)     4-6, 6-3, 6-1No. 4 - Zorica Malesevic (UIC) def. Molly Opel (NIU) 3-6, 6-2, 3-0 (ret)No. 5 - Zjvezdana Malesevic (UIC) def. Kris Tiedt (NIU) 1-6, 7-6, 6-4No. 6 - Alyson Stalzer (UIC) def. Ashley Brunk (NIU) 6-2, 6-2# - Karen Liwanpo (UIC) def. Andrea Reynolds (NIU) 7-6, 6-1
DoublesNo. 1 - Widen/Donsbach def. Curic/Farr (UIC) 8-3No. 2 - Derouin/Harris (UIC) def. Townsend/Tiedt (NIU) 8-1No. 3 - Zvjezdana/Liwanpo (UIC) def. Brunk/Reynolds (NIU) 9-7