April 13, 2001
Chicago, Ill. - Jacki Farr (Freeport, Ill./Freeport) made `Senior Day' a memorable one on Friday (April 13) as she pushed her way into the UIC record books while pacing the women's tennis team past Detroit, 7-0, at Flames Courts.
With her 8-0 win, teaming with Karen Liwanpo (Ontario, Canada) in the No. 3 doubles match, Farr surpassed former Flame Sara Jackson for the top spot on the career doubles win list with 81 all-time victories.
The senior then capped the day by battling back to take out Titan senior Maria Pandele in the No. 1 singles contest, the most exciting match of the day.
Farr lost the first set 6-7(4), but then rallied to take the second set 6-2 to set up a deciding tiebreaker third set. Even though UIC had long since claimed victory in the match as the Flames swept doubles and the No. 2-6 singles affairs, Farr and Pandele battled back-and-forth through long rallies until Farr finally prevailed 13-11.
"It was great for Jacki to come out and break the record today, on `Senior Day'," remarked UIC head coach Mary Dailey after the match. "The No. 1 singles match was a real mental match and a revenge match for Jacki after she lost to Pandele in the fall at the Bowling Green Invitational. A win in a match like that should give her some real confidence."
With the victory, UIC remains undefeated in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference with a 4-0 record. The Flames are now 11-8 overall this season, surpassing their 10 wins of a year ago.
Dailey's crew is back in action on Saturday, April 21 as they host UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee at Flames Courts for an MCC doubleheader starting at 9:00 a.m.
Final Results
UIC 7, Detroit 0
Singles Results:
No. 1 - Jacki Farr (UIC) def. Maria Pandele (UDM) 6-7(4), 6-2, 1-0 (13-11)
No. 2 - Nicole Derouin (UIC) def. Vicki Parker (UDM) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - Ayca Gumuscu (UIC) def. Renee Kuzava (UDM) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 - Kim Harris (UIC) def. Mandy Perzanowski (UDM) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 - Alyson Stalzer (UIC) def. Jodie Back (UDM) 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 - Zvjezdana Malesevic (UIC) def. Lana Williams (UDM) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles Results
No. 1 - Derouin/Gumuscu (UIC) def. Pandele/Kuzava (UDM) 8-5
No. 2 - Stalzer/Harris (UIC) def. Parker/Perzanowski (UDM) 8-4
No. 3 - Farr/Liwanpo (UIC) def. Back /Williams (UDM) 8-0
