Women's Tennis Sweeps Morehead in Dual Season Opener

Wednesday, January 18

Louisville, Ky.

2:00 PM

University of Louisville

Morehead State

Amelia Harris cruised to two wins over Morehead.

January 18, 2012 | Women's Tennis

Jan. 18, 2012

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville women's tennis started off their dual season on a positive note with convincing 7-0 victory over in-state rival Morehead State Wedensday afternoon at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

"It's always good to start the season with a comfortable win." said U of L head coach Mark Beckham. "The biggest thing we accomplished today was being able to keep our focus for long periods of time, which has been a problem in the past."

U of L took all three doubles matches with Manuela Velasquez and Amelia Harris winning 8-0 in the No. 1 spot. In the No. 2 spot, Mandy Brown and Rebecca Shine won their doubles match 8-3 while Sarah Miller and Stefanie Villajuan took their match 8-2 at No. 3 spot.

In the singles matches, the Cards won all six matches in straight sets. Rebecca Shine led the Cards in the No. 1 spot with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Alix Young. Mandy Brown in the No. 2 spot defeated Victoria Cran 6-3, 6-2. In the No. 3 spot for the Cards, Manuela Velasquez cruised to a 6-1 6-2 victory over Morehead's Alexis Garrett. Gabrielle Duncan and Jessica Montemayor played the most exciting match of the day with U of L's Duncan pulling out the match 7-5 in the second set leading her to a 6-3, 7-5 victory. Sarah Miller and Amelia Harris both had impressive outings with Miller winning her match 6-0, 6-2 and Harris cruising to a 6-0, 6-0 victory.

"If you look at the scoreline there were a lot of comfortable wins which show development in our players." said Beckham. "We have to keep our focus going into this weekend when we play #24 Arkansas at their place, and a very talented Stephen F. Austin team."

Doubles1.) Velasquez/Harris (Lou) def. Cran/Montemayor  8-02.) Brown/Shine (Lou) def. Young/Garrett 8-33.) Miller/Stefanie Villajuan (Lou) def. Helms/Naruka 8-3Order of finish 1, 2, 3Singles1.) Rebecca Shine (Lou) def. Alix Young 6-0, 6-02.) Mandy Brown (Lou) def. Victoria Cran 6-3, 6-23.) Manuela Velasquez (Lou) def. Alexis Garreett 6-2, 6-24.) Gabrielle Duncan (Lou) def. Jessica Montemayor 6-3, 7-55.) Sarah Miller (Lou) def. def. Brooke Helms 6-0, 6-26.) Amelia Harris (Lou) def. Shilpa Naruka 6-0, 6-0Order of finish 6, 1, 3, 2, 5, 4