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University of Louisville
South Florida
Women's Tennis Falls to South Florida
March 15, 2002 | Women's Tennis
March 15, 2002
Tampa, Fla. -- The University of Louisville women's tennis team was shut out by Conference USA rival South Florida 7-0 at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
USF took four the the six singles matches in straigth sets. The Cardinals lost the doubles point when South Florida won No. 1 and 2 doubles. First doubles partners Melisa San Martin and Kelly Kiehna fell 8-3 to Natalie Schwartz and Genevieve Houle. Jennifer Sinclair teamed with Claudia Nieto to beat Julie Penn and Paige Eber. Louisville's Mariana Torres and Kelly Taylor beat Ashlee Callahan and Mari Soicijaric 8-5 but it wasn't enough to help Louisville's cause in doubles.
"We played tough tennis," said Meg Peavy. "It was another four hour match and we are improving our patience level and footwork. I was pleased to see us flying around chasing down winners." The Bulls then mowed down the top five singles places in straight sets. In the lone three-set match, USF's Jamie Larson came back from 2-3 in the third set to win 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 over Kelly Taylor.
Singles
Natalie Schwartz (SF) def. Melisa San Martin 6-2, 6-3 Genevieve Houle (SF)) def. Kelly Kiehna 6-1, 6-1 Jennifer Sinclair (SF) def. Julie Penn 3-6, 6-1, def. Ashlee Callahan (SF) def. Paige Eber 6-1, 6-1 Claudia Nieto (SF) def. Mariana Torres 6-1 , 7-5 Jamie Larson (SF) def. Kelly Taylor (6-3, 3-6, 6-3)
Doubles
Schwartz/Houle (SF) def. San Martin/Kiehna 8-3 Sinclair/Nieto (SF) def. Penn/Eber 8-4 Torres/Taylor (SF) def. Callahan/Spicijaric 8-5
