March 31, 2003

St. Louis, Mo. - The UIC women's tennis team enjoyed a shutout of a weekend, defeating Creighton and St. Louis by a combined score of 14-0.

After defeating Creighton on Saturday, 7-0, the Flames were relentless on Sunday in beating the host Billikens in St. Louis.

Following taking the doubles point by winning a pair of matches, the Flames rang off six-straight singles wins.

Nicole Derouin defeated Melisa Lemus, 6-3, 4-6, 10-6, in the No.1 slot, while Ayca Gumuscu defeated Vicki Zielinski, 7-6, 6-1 at No.2 singles.

Corey Steven, Zvjezdana Malesevic, Molly Smith and Zorica Malesevic were the other singles winners for the Flames.

RESULTS VS. ST. LOUIS

SINGLES

1) Melisa Lemus lost to Nicole Derouin 6-3, 4-6, 10-6 tie breaker

2) Vicki Zielinski lost to Ayca Gumuscu 7-6, 6-1

3) Amy O'Handley lost to Corey Steven 6-2, 6-1

4) Melissa Cutler lost to Zvjezdana Malesevic 6-3, 6-3

5) Erin Kersten lost to Molly Smith 6-0, 6-0

6) Rebecca Steer lost to Zorica Malesevic 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES

1) Lemus/Zielinski lost to Derouin/Steven 8-5

2) Cutler/Kersten defeated Gumuscu/Smith

3) O'Handley/ Kristen Doyle lost to Zvjezdana Malesevic/ Athanasia Giannoulopoulou 8-5