Creighton University
St. John's
Women?s Tennis Falls to St. John?s in BIG EAST Opener
2/26/2015 5:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis
OMAHA, Neb. – The Creighton women's tennis team fell 7-0 to St. John's in the Bluejays' BIG EAST opener at the Hanscom Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon.
Creighton (4-8, 0-1 BIG EAST) dropped its first conference match of the season to St. John's (6-3, 2-0 BIG EAST).
The Red Storm opened the day by sweeping all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead.
St. John's later swept all of the singles matches to not surrender a point to Creighton.
Three Bluejays pushed their Red Storm opponent to three sets.
Senior Liz Vermillion traded a trio of 6-2 sets with her opponent at the No. 6 spot. Vermillion dropped the first set but bounced back to win the second stanza before a downfall in the deciding set.
At No. 4 singles freshman Natalie Miller won the first set 7-6 but dropped the second stanza 6-4 before falling 6-0 in the third.
In the final match of the day on court one, senior Jennie Hartjes moved out in front 7-5 in the first stanza but fell in a tight 6-4 setback in set two. SJU came up with a 6-2 decision in the deciding set to earn the final point.
Creighton completes a three-match homestand when it hosts former conference rival Missouri State at 7 p.m. CT Friday.
St. John's at Creighton
Feb. 26, 2015 at Omaha, Neb.
(Hanscom Tennis Center)
St. John's 7, Creighton 0
Singles
1. Anastasia Polyakova (SJU) def. Jennie Hartjes (CU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
2. Anna Morozova (SJU) def. Katherine Nelsen (CU) 7-5, 7-5
3. Natalie Vavulina (SJU) def. Darby Rosette (CU) 6-0, 6-4
4. Zofia Stanisz (SJU) def. Natalie Miller (CU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-0
5. Irina Preotescu (SJU) def. Amanda Noonan (CU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Jaide Collins (SJU) def. Liz Vermillion (CU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Doubles
1. Morozova/Vavulina (SJU) def. Hartjes/Rosette (CU) 8-5
2. Stanisz/Collins (SJU) def. Vermillion/Sam Anderson (CU) 8-1
3. Polyakova/Preotescu (SJU) def. Nelsen/Miller (CU) 8-1
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,5,6*,2,4,1)
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