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University of Louisville
Depaul
Women's Tennis Falls to DePaul 5-2
April 13, 2002 | Women's Tennis
April 13, 2002
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell to DePaul University 5-2 in Conference USA action Saturday at the Bass Rudd Tennis Center in the last regular season match of the year.
"This was a very good effort," said head coach Meg Peavy. "This is one of the top teams in the Conference and we had opportunities to pull off a win. We are excited to be peaking at the right time. We had a good performance week gearing up for the C-USA Tourney next week."
The Cardinals dropped the doubles point with the doubles pair of Kelly Kiehna and Paige Eber coming closest, falling 8-5 to Megan Stewart and Rachel Dybas at No. 3.
In singles, Julie Penn stayed ahead of Kadi Hilpus at No. 3 and won 7-5, 6-4. Freshman Kelly Taylor continued her winning ways with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Stephanie Matko.
"Kudos to Julie, she is playing really great right now and so did our great little freshman," said Peavy.
SINGLES Szilvia Kelemen (D) def. Melisa San Martin 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 Marina Parashkevova (D) def. Kelly Kiehna 6-2, 6-1 Julie Penn (D) def. Kadi Hiopus 7-5, 6-4 Kelly Taylor (L) def. Stephanie Matko 6-2, 6-2 Natalie Matko (D) def. Paige Eber 6-2, 6-2 Karen Falduto (D) def. Mariana Torres 7-6, 6-3
DOUBLES Kelemen/Parashkevova def. San Martin/Penn 8-4 Hilpus/N. Matko def. Torres/Taylor 8-1 Megan Stewart/Rachel Dybas def. Eber/Kiehna 8-5
