May 5, 2000

Women's Tennis Falls To Northern Kentucky In Midwest Regional;
Season Ends at 18-3

The Truman women's tennis team saw their season come to an end this afternoon as No. 3 seed Northern Kentucky rallied to defeat the second-seeded Bulldogs 5-2 at the NCAA Division II Women's Midwest Regional semifinal in Edmond, Okla.

To open the semifinal match, Truman's No. 2 doubles team of sophomore Jessica McKinney (Belleville, Ill./West) and junior Olesya Paramonova (Almaty, Kazakhastan) defeated Northern Kentucky's squad of Christina Dausch and Lauren Spears, 8-3. The Bulldogs' No. 3 doubles tandem of sophomore Lisa Graham (Portage la Prairie, Manitoba/Arthur Meighen) and freshman Meghan Konrad (Elmhurst, Ill./York) were also winners with a 9-7 defeat of NKU's Amity Chapman and Joceline McQueen.

Those two wins gav the 'Dogs a 2-1 lead heading in to singles play, but the Norse captured four straight-set victories in singles to end the match with two other matches in progress.

It was just the third loss of the season for the Bulldogs, who end with a final record of 18-3 overall.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY 5, TRUMAN 2
NCAA Division II Women's Midwest Regional
at Edmond, Okla.
Friday, May 5

Women's Singles
Jamie O'Hara, NKU, def. Olesya Paramonova, Truman, 6-2, 6-4
Lauren Spears, NKU, def. Allison Schuller, Truman, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 Singles -- suspended
Amity Chapman, NKU, def. Meghan Konrad, Truman, 6-4, 6-4
Claudia Ruehl, NKU, def. Jessica McKinney, Truman, 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 Singles -- suspended

Women's Doubles
O'Hara/Ruehl, NKU, def. Daniels/ Schuller, Truman, 8-5
McKinney/Paramonova, Truman, def. Dausch/Spears, NKU, 8-3
Graham/ Konrad, Truman, def. Chapman/McQueen, NKU, 9-7

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