Women's Tennis Defeats Chattanooga 5-2

Friday, January 31

Louisville, Ky.

4:00 PM

University of Louisville

CHATTANOOGA

January 31, 2003 | Women's Tennis

Jan. 31, 2003

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville women's tennis team and UT-Chattanooga battled nearly four hours, but the Cardinals came away with a 5-2 win Friday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cards improve to 5-1 on the season.

U of L began the match by taking the doubles point as the team of Marie Louis Frolich-Hansen and Kelly Taylor defeated Chattanooga's Catherine Allen and Saskia van Velze 8-3 at the top seed and Melisa San Martin and Julie Penn beat Cynthia Oulevay and Bethany Everett 8-3 at No. 2. The No. 3 doubles match between Louisville's Paige Eber and Jasmin Singh and Chattanooga's Charlotte Goude and Lauren Snipes was halted.

In singles action, Frolich-Hansen posted a 6-2, 7-5 win over Oulevay at the top seed and Taylor outlasted Allen 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 at the two-spot. San Martin's 6-3, 7-6 win over Goude at the three-spot clinched the match for the Cardinals. Eber defeated Snipes 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6. Chattanooga's Van Velze was ahead 6-4, 4-1 when Penn retired, while Everett scored the other singles point for the Mocs with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Singh at the five-spot.

"This was a good win for us, and a great way to start our home schedule," said Greg Davis. "The key to being a good team is to be able to win even though you're not playing well. We started out playing strong doubles, probably the best we've played all year. We struggled a bit in singles, but fought back to win the match. Kelly Taylor was down a set and a break and fought back to win in three. Melisa San Martin battled through being down in the second set to win a 7-6 decision. Hopefully we can build on the performance we had tonight."

Louisville will play host to Arkansas State Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

Louisville women's tennis vs. Chattanooga (1/31/03)LouisvilleSingles1. Marie Louise Frolich-Hansen (UL) d. Cynthia Oulevay (UTC) 6-2, 7-52. Kelly Taylor (UL) d. Catherine Allen (UTC) 3-6, 7-5, 6-23. Melisa San Martin (UL) d. Charlotte Goude (UTC) 6-3, 7-64. Saskia van Velze (UTC) d. Julie Penn (UL) 6-4, 4-1, dnf.5. Bethany Everett (UTC) d. Jasmin Singh (UL) 6-1, 6-46. Paige Eber (UL) d. Lauren Snipes (UTC) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles1. Frolich-Hansen (UL) d. Allen/van Velze (UTC) 8-32. San Martin/Penn (UL) d. Oulevay/Everett (UTC) 8-33. Eber/Singh (UL) vs. Goude/Snipes (UTC) (UL led 7-5 - dnf)