March 31, 2009
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The third-ranked Irish women’s tennis team fell to No. 4 Baylor, 5-2, Tuesday evening at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.
Notre Dame is now 17-3 on the season and 6-1 at home. Baylor improves to 13-4.
The Bears won the doubles point after taking two of the three doubles matches. Cosmina Ciobanu and Kali Krisik knocked off No. 59 Jelena Stanivuk and Taylor Ormond, 8-3, at No. 2 doubles, while third-ranked Kelcy Tefft and Kristy Frilling fell to No. 16 Lenka Broosova and Csilla Borsanyi, 8-6, at No. 1 doubles to even the match at 1-1. Nina Secerbegovic and Kasia Siwosz defeated Shannon Mathews and Colleen Rielley at third doubles to clinch the point for Baylor.
Secerbegovic put the Bears up 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Kristen Rafael at No. 5 singles. No. 35 Tefft downed No. 44 Ormond, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1 singles to give the Irish their first point of the match, but 37th-ranked Stanivuk answered quickly for the Bears, topping Ciobanu, 6-3, 6-3, at third singles to give Baylor a 3-1 lead.
No. 74 Borsanyi clinched the win for Baylor with a 6-1, 6-4 win at fourth singles. No. 43 Broosova knocked off No. 36 Frilling, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 at No. 2 singles. Krisik downed Siwosz, 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6) at No. 6 singles.
Notre Dame will hit the road for its next four matches before returning home for its final regular-season match on April 11.
#4 Baylor 5 #3 Notre Dame 2
Singles
1. #35 Kelcy Tefft (ND) def. #44 Taylor Ormond (BU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #43 Lenka Broosova (BU) def. #36 Kristy Frilling (ND), 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
3. #37 Jelena Stanivuk (BU) def. Cosmina Ciobanu (ND) 6-3, 6-3
4. #74 Csilla Borsanyi (BU) def. Shannon Mathews (ND) 6-1, 6-4
5. Nina Secerbegovic (BU) def. Kristen Rafael (ND) 6-1, 6-0
6. Kali Krisik (ND) def. Kasia Siwosz (BU) 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
Order of Finish: 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 6
Doubles
1. #16 Broosova/Borsanyi (BU) def. #3 Tefft/Frilling (ND) 8-6
2. Ciobanu/Krisik (ND) def. #59 Stanivuk/Ormond, 8-3
3. Secerbegovic/Siwosz (BU) def. Mathews/Rielley (ND) 8-6
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3
–ND–