Women's Tennis Mashes Memphis, On to Semi-Finals

Saturday, April 12

New Orleans, La.

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University of Louisville

Memphis

Penn's win clinched the 21st win of the season for the Cardinals.

April 13, 2003 | Women's Tennis

April 13, 2003

The University of Louisville women's tennis team beat Memphis 4-2 and advance to the semi-finals of the Conference USA Championship in New Orleans. The Cardinals will play No. 2 seeded TCU at 10 a.m. ET Monday.

The win sets the U of L school record for wins in a season as the Cards improve to 21-7 and guarantees the best finish in Conference USA Tournament history.

"We played the best doubles that we have all year," said first year head coach Greg Davis. No. 1 and No. 2 doubles played extremely well. We knew if we won the doubles point we could win because it would put a lot of pressure on Memphis and it did."

Marie Louise Frolich-Hansen and Kelly Taylor defeated Sabrina Lindemann and Monica Gonzalez-Gordo 8-4 in No. 1 singles. Julie Penn and Melisa San Martin beat Viktoria Gruber and Andrea Feichtinger 8-5 to win the doubles point.

In singles, Frolich-Hansen, a Danish native, battled the 85 degree heat and humidity of the New Orleans spring and won No. 1 singles 7-6, 6-1. Freshman Jasmin Singh came through with a win for the Cardinals at No. 6 with a decisive 6-3, 6-0 decision over Kristin Noble. Julie Penn's 6-3, 6-3 win over Feichtinger clinched the match for the Cardinals.

"Julie clinched our win for us when she broke at 5-3 and then went on to win to give us the fourth point," said Davis.

The Cardinals will tackle TCU, a team they have not faced this year in dual play in the semi-finals.

"The win over Cincinnati gave us a big boost for our confidence going into this match with Memphis. We are just real, real, real happy right now," said Davis. "TCU will be a big challenge for us but we are on a roll having won 10 of our last 11 matches. We feel like we can play with anyone right now."

(6) Louisville 4, (4) Memphis 2Conference USA Tournament - Sunday, April 13, 2003 - New Orleans, La. (Dillard)
Doubles1) Frolich-Hansen/Taylor (Louiville) defeated Gonzalez-Gordo/Lindemann 8-42) Penn/San Martin (Louisville) def. Gruber/Feichtinger (Memphis), 8-53) Eber/Singh (Louisville) vs. Rao/Noble (Memphis), DNF
Singles1) Marie Louise Frolich-Hansen (Louisville) def. Sabrina Lindemann (Memphis), 7-6, 6-12) Kelly Taylor (Louisville) vs. Monica Gonzalez-Gordo (Memphis), DNF3) Sumitra Rao (Memphis) def. Paige Eber (Louisville), 7-5, 6-24) Viktoria Gruber (Memphis) def. Melisa San Martin (Louisville), 6-2, 6-45) Julie Penn (Louisville) def. Andrea Feichtinger (Memphis), 6-3, 6-3 - clinched match6) Jasmine Singh (Louisville) def. Kristin Noble (Memphis), 6-3, 6-0