Women's Tennis Falls in Scrap with SMU

Friday, February 13

Louisville, Ky.

2:30 PM

University of Louisville

SMU

February 13, 2004 | Women's Tennis

Feb. 13, 2004

The University of Louisville women's tennis team, hampered with injuries, still came up with enough mettle to challenge visiting SMU before falling 4-3 Friday at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Team.

"This team has no quit in them," said Greg Davis, U of L head coach. "It was an all-out battle with a very good team in SMU."

U of L dropped the doubles point with Kelly Taylor and Natalie Laszkowski falling 8-5 at No.1 to Svetlana Kouzmenko and Kit Carson at No. 1. The No. 2 pair of Leslie Stewart and Michele Spiess held on to win 8-5 but SMU's Lynsie Jones and Nadia Vaughan handled Paige Eber and Christina Gogol at No. 3.

"I think SMU is definitely a top 50 team in my opinion," said Davis, whose team is now 8-3. "I couldn't ask my team to do any more than they did. They took the battle to them.

SMU, on a three-match losing streak, won the top three spots in singles, including a default by U of L No. 1 player Leslie Stewart. Taylor battled Vaughan to a 7-6, 6-4 win at No. 4. Julia Hierl won easily with a 6-0, 6-3 posted over Allison Leuszler. Fellow frosh Natalie Laszkowski held off Hailey Rambally 6-3, 7-5 for the three U of L points.

"Sunday's match with Marshall and IUPUI will be a battle as we are dealing with some injury situations. But this team won't give in," said Davis.

SMU 4, Louisville 3SinglesSvetlana  (S) def. Leslie Stewart (L) 6-1, 1-4, defaultKit Carson (S) def. Christina Gogal (L) 6-2, 7-5Jenny Langer (S) def. Michele Spiess (L) 7-6, 6-1Kelly Taylor (L) def. Nadia Vaughan (S) 7-6, 6-4Julia Hierl (L) def. Allison Leuszler (S) 6-0, 6-3Natalie Laszkowski (L) def. Hailey Rambally (S) 7-3, 7-5DoublesKouzmenko/Carson (S) def. Taylor/Laszkowski (L) 8-5Spiess/Stewart (L) def. Langer/Leuszler (S) 8-5Jones/Vaughan (S) def. Gogal/Paige Eber 8-3