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WOMEN NIPPED BY WEST VIRGINIA
2/3/2002
UMBC's women opened the season, losing a tough 4-3 decision to West Virginia in Monroeville, PA. The Retrievers took the doubles point by winning two of three matches, and #1 Anita Pushpanathan and #4 Lana Khvalina won their singles matches in straight sets. But UMBC could not pick up that third singles point, as #5 Aimee Lim and #6 Kathryn Wheatley were denied in three-set efforts. Feb. 3--West Virginia 4, UMBC 3Singles#1 Anita Pushpanathan, UMBC def. Courtney Howell, WV, 6-2, 6-2#2 Anna Marie Underwood, WV def. Jana Karaskova, UMBC, 6-4, 6-3#3 Lauren Haddix, WV, def. Tia Kaasalainen, UMBC, 6-3, 6-4#4 Lana Khvalina, UMBC def. Jennifer Watkins, WV, 6-3, 6-2#5 Emma Jeremiejczyk, WV, def. Aimee Lim, UMBC, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3#6 Maia Binder, WV def. Kathryn Wheatley, UMBC, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2Doubles#1 Pushpanathan/Karaskova, UMBC def. Howell/Underwood, WV, 8-4#2 Khvalina/Kaasalainen, UMBC def. Haddix/Watkins, 8-6#3 Binder/Jeremiejczyk, WV, def. Lim/Wheatley, UMBC, 9-7