DePaul Tops Women's Tennis

Friday, April 13

Louisville, Ky.

3:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

Depaul

April 13, 2001 | Women's Tennis

April 13, 2001

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell to Conference USA rival DePaul 6-1 on Friday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

The Blue Demons notched the doubles point at the team of Laura Taylor and Szilvia Kelemen defeated Louisville's Katie McLaughlin and Julie Penn 8-4 at No. 1. Stephanie Matko and Rachel Dybas defeated Melisa San Martin and Julie Penn 8-3 at the two-seed and Kadi Hilpus and Natalie Matko combined to beat Paige Eber and Mariana Torres 8-3 at No. 3.

In singles action, senior Kelly Whitler scored U of L's only point with her 6-3, 6-2 win over Stephanie Matko at the three-spot. DePaul's Taylor defeated McLaughin 6-3, 6-0 at the top seed, while Kelemen outlasted Penn 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 2. Louisville's Eber fell to Hilpus 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4, Kelly Kiehna lost to Natalie Matko 6-1, 6-1 at the five-seed and the Blue Demons' Dybas edged Torres 7-5, 7-5 at No. 6. DePaul improves to 14-11.

"We played well against a strong team," said U of L head coach Meg Peavy. "Hopefully this will give us some momentum as we head into the Conference USA tournament."

The Cards (5-18, 0-4 C-USA) will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss. next week for the Conference USA Championship hosted by Southern Miss.

Louisville women's tennis vs. DePaul - 4/13/01SINGLES1-  Laura Taylor (DP) d. Katie McLaughlin (UL) 6-3, 6-02 - Szilvia Kelemen (DP) Julie Penn (UL) 4-6, 6-3, 6-43 - Kelly Whitler (UL) d. Stephanie Matko (DP)  6-3, 6-24 - Kadi Hilpus (DP) Paige Eber (UL) 6-1, 6-05 - Natalie Matko (DP)  Kelly Kiehna (UL) 6-1, 6-16 - Rachel Dybas (DP) d. Mariana Torres (UL) 7-5, 7-5DOUBLES1 - Taylor/Kelemen (DP) d. McLaughlin/Whitler (UL) 8-42 - S. Matko/Dybas (DP) d. Penn/San Martin (UL) 8-33 - Hilpus/N. Matko (DP) d. Eber/Torres (UL) 8-3