Women's Tennis Falls to FIU

Sunday, April 4

Tampa, Fla.

9:30 AM

University of Louisville

Florida International

April 05, 2004 | Women's Tennis

April 5, 2004

The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 5-2 to Florida International at a neutral site in Tampa, Florida on Sunday. The Cardinals move to 17-9 for the season as they head into next week's Conference USA Tournament to be hosted in Louisville at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

U of L challenged FIU for the doubles point. The Cardinals started out strong when the No. 1 pair of Julia Hierl and Michele Spiess beat Mei Ly and Bruna Discordia 8-4. U of L's No. 2 pair of Kelly Taylor and Natalie Laszkowski fell just short after a 9-7 battle over Paula Zabala and Desanka Jovanovic. Paige Eber and Christina Gogol were beaten 8-4 by Christine Suard and Shilla D'Armas.

Taylor rebounded nicely at No. 3 singles with a 6-0, 6-1 win over D'Armas. Gogol perservered to win 7-5, 6-4 over Suard for the Cardinals' second point.

SinglesPaula Zabala (F) def. Michele Spiess 8-4Mei Ly (F) def. Paige Eber 6-2, 6-0Kelly Taylor (L) def. Shilla D'Armas 6-0,6-1Bruna Discordia (F) def. Julia Hierl 6-0, 6-1Desanka Jovanovic (F) def. Natalie Laszkowski 6-7, 6-0, (10-6)Christina Gogol (L) def. Christine Suard 7-5, 6-4
DoublesHierl/Spiess (L) def. Ly/Discorida 8-4Zabala/Jovanovic def. Taylor/Laszkowski (L) 9-7Suard/D'Armas def. Eber/Gogol (L) 8-4