May 12, 2002

WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The 40th-ranked Clemson women's tennis team fell 4-1 to #8 Wake Forest in the finals of the NCAA Regional Tournament held at the Wake Forest University Upper Eight Courts on Sunday. The Tigers finish their season with a 14-11 overall record, while the Demon Deacons advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 with a 23-5 record.

Wake Forest went out to a 1-0 lead after the Demon Deacons won the doubles point with victories at #2 and #3 doubles. Janet Bergman and Maren Haus defeated Anna Dolinska and Anna Savitskaya 8-2 at the two doubles position, and the Demon Deacon's duo of Katie Martzolf and Danielle Schwartz clinched the doubles point at the three doubles flight with an 8-1 win over Clemson's Richele LeSaldo and Milena Stanoycheva.

In singles action, Clemson's top-seeded and 32nd-ranked Alix Lacelarie lost a 6-3, 6-1 match to Wake Forest's second-ranked Bea Bielik. At number two, #20 Janet Bergman defeated the Tigers' Anna Savitskaya 6-3, 6-2. The three singles flight match between Maren Haus and Clemson's Ana Stiglic was suspended at 6-7(2), 5-1 as the match was called. Wake Forest's Karin Coetzee defeated Clemson's Laurence Jayet, 6-2, 6-2 at the number four singles position, while fifth-seeded Ioana Paun of Clemson and #94 Katie Martzolf did not complete their match (6-4, 4-4). At the six singles position, Clemson's Milena Stanoycheva defeated the Demon Deacons' Danielle Schwartz, 7-5, 6-2.

Clemson head coach Nancy Harris said, "We still have a lot of growing to do. We tip our hat to Wake Forest, they are a solid team. They blew us away in doubles. I believed in this team all year. We proved yesterday how dangerous we can be. I was concerned about fatigue, but I'm not sure that it made a difference today. Doubles was a big factor. The conditions were tough, only because of the fatigue and the heat. Wake Forest has a very good chance at the NCAAs; they are a very solid team. If they play doubles like they did today, they'll be very tough."

NCAA Women's Tennis Second Round
Wake Forest 4, Clemson 1
WFU Upper Eight Courts * Winston-Salem, N.C.
Doubles
1 - Bielik/Coetzee (WF) vs. #39 Jayet/Lacelarie (CU), 6-5, susp.
2 - Bergman/Haus (WF) def. Anna Dolinska/Savitskaya (CU), 8-2
3 - Martzolf/Danielle Schwartz (WF) def. Richele LeSaldo/Stanoycheva (CU), 8-1

Wake Forest wins doubles point
Singles
1 - #2 Bea Bielik (WF) def. #32 Alix Lacelarie (CU), 6-3, 6-1
2 - #20 Janet Bergman (WF) def. Anna Savitskaya (CU), 6-3, 6-2
3 - Maren Haus (WF) vs. Ana Stiglic (CU), 6-7(2), 5-1, susp.
4 - Karin Coetzee (WF) def. Laurence Jayet (CU), 6-2, 6-2
5 - #94 Katie Martzolf (WF) vs. Ioana Paun (CU), 6-4, 4-4, susp.
6 - Milena Stanoycheva (CU) def. Danielle Schwartz (WF), 7-5, 6-2