Feb. 25, 2005

Evergreen Park, Ill.- The UIC women's tennis team extended their winning streak to three matches on Friday with a 7-0 shutout of Horizon League rival UW-Milwaukee at the Evergreen Racquet and Fitness Center.

The Flames (4-4, 2-0 Horizon League) evened their overall record at four while extending their league dual match winning streak under head coach Shannon Tully to 31 straight victories.

UW-Milwaukee dropped to 0-7 on the season and 0-2 in league play.

The Flames captured every singles match in two sets, posting three 6-0, 6-0 victories in the process and losing a mere three games all day. The doubles side was equally dominant for UIC, with scores of 8-1, 8-1, and 8-2 posted in favor of the Flames.

Virginia Palshmitaite made her Flames debut, teaming with Grace Gill-Morliss to capture a doubles win.

UIC is back in action next Saturday at Northern Illinois in DeKalb, Ill., beginning at 1 p.m.

UIC 7, UW-Milwaukee 0
SINGLES1. Iris Jaklin (UIC) def. Tammie Spiel (UWM) 6-0, 6-02. Corey Steven (UIC) def. Margie Van Lieshout (UWM) 6-1, 6-03. Melanie Humphrey (UIC) def. Shayna Illingworth (UWM) 6-0, 6-04. Molly Smith (UIC) def. Traci Litscher (UWM) 6-0, 6-25. Christina Oum (UIC) def. Eric Felber (UWM) 6-1, 6-06. Grace Gill-Morlis (UIC) def. Jenna McConnell (UWM) 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES1. Jaklin/Humphrey (UIC) def. Spiel/Van Lieshout (UWM) 8-12. Steven/Oum (UIC) def. Illingworth/Felber (UWM) 8-13. Gill-Morlis/Palshmitaite (UIC) def.  McConnell/Litscher (UWM)8-2