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Iowa State Downs Air Force, 7-0
3/5/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 5, 2011
The Air Force women's tennis team had its Division I-record 12 match winning streak snapped Saturday with a 7-0 loss to Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. The Falcons fall to 12-3 this spring with the loss.
The Cyclones jumped out to a 1-0 lead with wins at the top two doubles spots. The only Falcon win all day was at No. 3 doubles, where senior Sarah Cassman and Hannah Dake defeated Liza Wischer and Emma Waites, 8-1.
Iowa State swept the six singles matches, four of them in straight sets. Junior Tahlia Smoke took Maria Macedo to three sets at the No. 2 match before losing, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0, while freshman Anastasia Hueffner lost the No. 5 match to Jenna Langhorst, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
The Falcons continue their road trip on Sunday, March against Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa beginning at 11 a.m.
Iowa State 7, Air Force 0
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Ames, Iowa
Singles
1. Erin Karonis (ISU) def. Christen Monreal, 6-2, 7-6(1)
2. Maria Macedo (ISU) def. Tahlia Smoke, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
3. Tessa Lang (ISU) def. Melissa Cecil, 6-3, 6-3
4. Simona Cacciuttolo (ISU) def. Sarah Cassman, 6-2, 6-4
5. Jenna Langhorst (ISU) def. Anastasia Hueffner, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
6. Liza Wischer (ISU) def. Megumi Voight, 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
1. Lang/Macedo (ISU) def. Cecil/Smoke, 8-2
2. Karonis/Cacciuttolo (ISU) def. Hueffner/Monreal, 8-6
3. Cassman/Dake (AFA) def. Waites/Wischer, 8-1
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