Feb. 3, 2001

Chicago, Ill. - The UIC women's tennis team opened its 2001 home schedule on a sour note as they fell to UAB on Saturday afternoon at the Oak Park Indoor Facility, 6-1.

Junior Alyson Stalzer posted the Flames lone victory on the day, taking the No. 6 singles match 6-3, 6-3 over the Blazers Sjouke Liem.

In other singles action, senior Jacki Farr fought hard into the third set in the No. 3 position before falling, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to Margaux Malsheimer. Sophomore Nicole Derouin, who competed in the No. 1 singles match, dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision to UAB's Mirela Vladulescu.

On the doubles side, the Blazer's controlled the action, sweeping all three matches to earn the doubles point.

"(UAB) is a solid team all the way down," commented UIC Head Coach Mary Dailey after the match. "Jacki and Nicole both made progress today and I thought Aly played really tough."

The Flames (2-2) are back in action on Friday, Feb. 9, as they welcome Northern Iowa to the Windy City.

Final Results

UAB 6 UIC 1

Singles Results

No. 1 - Mirela Vladulescu (UAB) def. Nicole Derouin (UIC) 6-4, 6-4

No. 2 - Monika Schmid (UAB) def. Ayca Gumuscu (UIC) 6-0, 6-2

No. 3 - Margaux Malsheimer (UAB) def. Jacki Farr (UIC) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4

No. 4 - Natascha Immele (UAB) def. Zvjezdana Malesevic (UIC) 6-1, 6-1

No. 5 - Femke deBoer (UAB) def. Kim Harris (UIC) 6-0, 6-1

No. 6 - Alyson Stalzer (UIC) def. Sjouke Liem (UAB) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles Results

No. 1 - Vladulescu/Schmid (UAB) def. Farr/Gumuscu (UIC) 8-4

No. 2 - Malsheimer/deBoer (UAB) def. Derouin/Liwanpo (UIC) 8-2

No. 3 - Immele/Liem (UAB) def. Malesevic/Malesevic (UIC) 8-0