DETROIT -- The Wayne State University women's tennis team (3-2 overall) won 4-3 against Tiffin (4-2 overall) on Wednesday afternoon at the Doris J. & Donald L. Duchene, Sr. Athletic Facility.
 
DOUBLES
Junior Laura Cazacu (London, England) and senior Linda Liong (Sarawak, Malaysia) went first and lost the No. 1 doubles match 6-1.
 
Freshman Melanie Zampardo (Grosse Pointe, Mich. / University Liggett) and freshman Suki Mandair (Dexter, Mich. / Ann Arbor Skyline) won their No. 2 doubles match 6-2.
 
In No. 3 doubles action, sophomore Sabrina Laynes (Saginaw, Mich. / Heritage) and senior Irena van Meer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) lost 6-3.
 
SINGLES
Mandair was first off, the courts falling at No. 2 singles 6-4, 6-4.
 
At No.1 singles, Liong notched a 6-3, 7-6 (3) win.
 
Senior Teodora Radu (Ramnicu Valcea, Romania) suffered a 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 setback at third singles.
 
Cazacu won her No. 4 singles match, 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (3).  It was Cazacu's first singles match of the year after spending 35 days in quarantine.

Junior Carla Jewell (Hobart, Ind.) won her match at No. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-0 to even the match at 3-3.

At No. 5 singles, Zampardo won 6-1, 7-5 to give the Warriors the 4-3 triumph.
  
QUOTING COACH SNYDER
"Although we lost the doubles point, I thought our freshmen played well at the number 2 spot for our only doubles win.  Laura came from behind and was able to win the third set in a tiebreaker to keep us alive in the match still trailing 2-3.  Carla then swept her opponents in straight sets at #6 to even the score at three all.  It then came down to our freshman Melanie, who was able to pull off a 6-1, 7-5 victory to secure the win.  Linda set the tone by winning a tough battle at the number one spot.  A great overall team effort against a really strong veteran Tiffin team."

NEXT MATCH
The Warriors will play at Valparaiso on Feb. 28 at 2 PM.