Terriers Lose To Miami As Ahmes Provides Point
March 11, 2003 | Women's Tennis
Freshman Laura Ahmes (East Sarasota, FL) won her match at number six singles but the Terrier women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to the University of Miami as B.U. continued its spring break trip to Florida.
Ahmes won the first set in her match against Abby Smith, 6-2, but then lost the second set, 3-6. However, she came back to win the tiebreaker, 11-9, to emerge with the Terriers' point.
Miami started the match off by winning the point in doubles as the Hurricanes won all three matches. At number one, B.U. juniors Elena deMendoza (Madrid, Spain) and Lindsey Dynof (Colts Neck, NJ) lost to Melissa Applebaum and Megan Bradley, 8-0. Junior Elisa Glas (Irun, Spain) and senior captain Alana Marcu (Leonia, NJ) lost by the identical 8-0 score at number two doubles to Smith and Ignade Villiers. Then, in the number three doubles match, Ahmes and freshman Monica Shepherd (Austin, TX) lost to Mari Toro and Staci Stevens, 8-3.
At number one singles, Dynof lost to Bradley, 6-4, 6-3, while deMendoza lost at number two singles to Applebaum, 6-1, 3-0. At 3-0, deMendoza retired from the match. At number three singles, Glas lost to Toro, 6-3-6-2, and Marcu dropped a straight-set decision to Stevens, 6-2, 6-1, at number four. Finally, freshman Aimee Charest (Somerset) lost to Sihem Bennacer, 6-3, 6-2, at number five singles.
