March 14, 2005

Boca Raton, Fla.- It was a rough outing for the short-handed UIC women's tennis team as they concluded their non-conference spring Florida trip on Monday morning with a loss to host Florida Atlantic, 7-0, in Boca Raton, Fla.

UIC (4-7) played without the injured Melanie Humphrey, who sprained an ankle against Barry University on Saturday, and were forced to forfeit the No. 6 singles match to the Owls (4-6).

The two teams split two doubles matches by default, leaving only the No. 1 doubles bout to be played. The Flames couldn't pull it out as Corey Stevena and Christina Oum were downed 8-1 by Alena Dvorkova and Elodie Wendling.

UIC returns home to action on Thursday against Eastern Michigan at the Evergreen Racquet & Fitness Center at 1 p.m.

Florida Atlantic 7, UIC 0SINGLES1. Alena Dvorakova (FAU) def. Iris Jaklin (UIC) 6-0, 6-12. Veronika Koksova (FAU) def. Molly Smith (UIC) 6-1, 6-13. Katherine Bartnik (FAU) def. Corey Steven (UIC) 6-0, 6-14. Claudia Kecht (FAU) def. Grace Gill-Morlis (UIC) 6-1, 6-05. Pia Terol (FAU) def. Christina Oum (UIC) 6-3, 6-06. Jessica Williams (FAU) def. Melanie Humphrey (UIC) DefaultDOUBLES1. Dvorakova/Elodie Wendling (FAU) def. Oum/Steven (UIC) 8-12. Jaklin/Smith (UIC) def. Bartnik/Koksova (FAU) Default3. Katharina Terescenko/Williams (FAU) def. Gill-Morlis/Humphrey (UIC) Default