FRIDAY, April 28, 2000 Season ends for women's tennis By Hiran Ratnayake COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER All bad things must come to an end, oth erwise they would cease to be bad things. This old adage rings clear when concern ing the Penn State women's tennis team, as their disappointing season found its resting place in Ann Arbor. At the Big Ten Conference Champi onships in Michigan, the Lady Lions bowed down to the Purdue Boilermakers by a score of 4-2. The early exit for Penn State came down to the final matches. The Lady Lions were down three match es to zero when sophomores Rebecca Ho and Janel Perez returned to the scorer's table with a pair of victories, closing the gap to just one match. Ho's victory avenged an earlier loss to the Boilermaker's Shannon Taheny by beating her 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. Meanwhile, Perez toppled her sixth sin gles opponent (6-3, 2-6, 7-5). Two more victories and Penn State would overcome Purdue, a team that beat the Lions 5-2 earlier in the season. However, this was not to be the case as the momentum shifted back to the Boiler- `'State College's Best Pizza Neopolitan, Sicilian, And Gourmet Pizza By The Slice IA 9 "'" Woodfired 8" Pizzas liO rr FROZEN YOGURT 340 E College Ave FINALS...are you ready? Comprehensive finis? Missing Notes? Semester and Exam Packets or daily notes! AAAS 146.1 ACCTG 211 ACCTG 311.1 ACCTG 471.2-4 ADM J 111.1 ADM J 221.1 ADM J 240 W ADM J 425.2 ADM J 440.2 AG EC 101.1 AM ST 100.1,2 AM ST 100.4-6 AN SC 001.1-4 ANTH 001.1 ANTH 002.1 ANTH 002.6-12 ANTH 011.1-9 ANTH 021.1-12 ANTH 045.1-11 ARCH 211.1 ART 001.1 ART H 100.1 ART H 112.1-10 ART H 202.1,2 ART H 301.1 ART H 325.1 ASTRO 001.1-4 ASTRO 010.1 BA 243.1,2 BA 250.1 BA 301.1,2 BA 302.1,2 BA 303.1,2 BA 304.1,2 H 019.1,2 BB H 101.1 88H311.1 B LAW 243.1 B LAW 410.1 B LOG 320.1,2 B LOG 410.1 B LOG 421.1-3 B LOG 455.1 BI SC 001.1 BI SC 002.1 BI SC 003.2 Be a NITTANY NOTETAKER in the FALL, nailing- MONEY doing what you alread Sign Up TODAY! 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"The last matches were in the third set, they were both good, tight matches," head coach Buffy Baker said. "Our players left their hearts out there, the only thing is we didn't come away with the victory." The makings of the season finale replicat ed an experience that has become a com monplace for the squad throughout the entire year Close, but no cigar. Many times throughout the course of the tennis sched ule, the players fought their way within inches of a Big Ten victory and came up fruitless. However, the team put forth the first steps to rebuilding the program with a 7-0 shutout of Michigan State in their last match of the season. Combining that with the emergence of Ho and Perez, the return of Pilar Montgomery and Ali Barnett should solidify the Lions rise. "The last matches of this year were a good foundation to build upon," Ho said. "We're gonna want to win a lot more next year because we definitely have the talent and the experience that it takes at this level." HIST 010.8 HIST 011.2-7 HIST 020.1-6 HIST 021.4,5 HIST 021.8,9 HIST 143.1 HIST 173.1,2 HIST 444.1 HIST 450W.1 HORT 101.1 HPA 101.1 HRIM 201.1 HRIM 365.1 HRIM 405.1 IB 303.2,3 IB 445.1,2 INART 010.1 INART 110.1 INS 301.1,2 IST 210.1,2 KINES 141.1 KINES 141.2 KINES 150.1-6 KINES 171.1-6 KINES 202.2-5 KINES 321.1 KINES 345.1 KINES 350.1 KINES 360.1 KINES 384.1-5 KINES 456.1-4 LARCH 060.1,2 LIR 424.1 IJR 458W.1 MATH 035.1 MATH 110.1-18 MATH 140.1-12 MATH 141.1-42 MATH 220.1-12 MATH 230.1-5 MATSC 081.1-3 MATSC 101.2 MATSC 101.5 MATSE 259.1 France beats Russia in Kournikova's return Misha Japridze/Associated Press Russia's Anna Kournikova hits a ball during a Federation Cup World Group C tennis round robin match against France's Julie Halard- Decugis yesterday. dcc :o °, -b NiN oc" PSY 203.1 METEO 022.1 METE() 2/3L.1 METED 2/3L.2 METEO 2/3L.3 METED 2/3L.4 METED 2/3L.5 MGMT 100.1 MGMT 331.1,2 MGMT 471.1,2 MICRB 106.1 MICRB 201.1,2 MICRB 412.1 MKTG 220.1-3 MKTG 221.1 MKTG 221.3 MKTG 327.1 MKTG 330.3, MKTG 330.4,8 MKTG 342.1-3 MKTG 342.6,11 MKTG 445.1,2 MSIS 200.1-20 MUSIC 005.1 NURS 464.1 NURS 464.2 NUTR 100.1-3 NUTR 120.1-3 NUTR 251.1-3 NUTR 358.1,2 NUTR 445.1 NUTR 452.1 PSY 213.1-8 PSY 213.9-18 PSY 217.1 PSY 221 1 PSY 231 1 PSY 243.1 PSY 412.1-4 PSY 426.1 PSY 437.1 PSY 438.1 PSY 441.1 PSY 451 PSY 482.1 PSY 483.1 RL ST 001 1-6 RL ST 001 7 RL ST 001.8.9 RL ST 124.1 RL ST 146.1 RPM 101.1 RPM 120.1 RPM 277 1 RPM 320.1 RUS 100.1 SOC 001.1 SOC 001.2.3 SOC 001.4,5 SOC 003.1,2 SOC 005.1,2 SOC 023.1 PHIL 001.1 PHIL 003.1 PHIL 007.1 PHIL 013.1 PHYS 203.1-13 PHYS 204.1-13 PHYS 215.1-12 PHYS 265.1-11 PL SC 001.1-12 PL SC 003.1-3 PL SC 014.1-6 PL SC 419.1 PL SC 437.1 PSY 002.1 SOC 030.2 SOC 119.1-16 SOCADMJ 12.1 SOC/ADMJ 13.1 SOC/ADMJ 13.2 SOILS 101.1-13 SPAN 130.1 SPCOM 100 A SPLED 400.1 STAT 100.1 STAT 100.2 STAT 200.1-4 STAT 200.15-28 STS 150.1 THEP - 1,2 PSY 002.2 PSY 002.3 PSY 201W.1-10 SPORTS Russia made it to the Fed Cup final last year without its injured phenom Anna Kournikova. However, even with its top player back in the fold yesterday, the Russian team was no match for its French counterpart hi the first round. Kournikova, playing in the Fed Cup for the first time since 1997, lost in singles and doubles as Russia bowed to France 3-0 in round-robin play in Moscow. She made 43 unforced errors in a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 loss to Julie Halard-Decugis. Sandrine Testude beat Elena Likhovtseva 6-1, 6-4 in the other singles match, and Halard- Decugis teamed with Nathalie Tauziat in the doubles to defeat Kournikova and Likhovtseva 6-3, 7-6 (5). Kournikova was 9-0 in Fed Cup doubles matches. France, the 1997 champion, was not at full strength. Amelie Maursemo, the 1999 Australian Open runner-up, withdrew this week because of an injury, and Mary Pierce had earlier opted not to play in the tournament mathces. Russia lost last year's final to the United Your parents are clueless Your poor parents. 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If two teams are tied for the group lead after play ends on Sunday, the first tiebreak er is the head-to-head records that the teams hold. If three teams are tied, the tiebreakers will be most matches won, highest percent age of sets won and highest percentage of games won.
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