Women's Tennis Falls to No. 14 Kentucky

Sunday, January 23

Lexington, Ky.

4:00 PM

University of Louisville

Kentucky

The Cardinals have a busy weekend ahead with four opponents in three days.

January 27, 2005 | Women's Tennis

Jan. 25, 2005

The University of Louisville women's tennis team fell to the No. 14 ranked University of Kentucky at the Boone Indoor Tennis Center in Lexington.

The Cardinals faced steep competition as UK's sixth-ranked doubles tandem of senior Aibika Kalsarieva and sophomore Sarah Foster started things off with an 8-3 win over Suzanna Gracanin and Leslie Stewart at No. 1. The No. 2 doubles team of Natalie Laszkowski and Kelly Taylor ran into trouble against the 11th-ranked duo of sophomores Kim Coventry and Joelle Schwenk. The No. 3 duo of Ariana Marshall and Robyn White made a strong showing against UK sophomores Lara Maurer and Christine Simpson before falling 8-6.

In singles, the Cardinals fared little better, but a highlight included freshman Stephania Velazquez beating Caroline Winebrenner 3-6, 6-4 (10-6) in a comeback win. Fellow frosh Robyn White had a three-set match at No. 4 when she dropped the first set to Christine Simpson and then eked out a 7-5 win in the second set before falling 10-5 in the final set.

No. 14 Kentucky 6, Louisville 1
Doubles
1 S. Foster/Kalsarieva (UK) def. Gracanin/Stewart (UL) - 8-3
2 Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. Laszkowski/Taylor (UL) - 8-1
3 Maurer/Simpson (UK) def. Marshall/White (UL) - 8-6

Singles
1 Sarah Foster (UK) def. Leslie Stewart (UL) - 6-2, 6-0
2 Kim Coventry (UK) def. Natalie Laszkowski (UL) - 6-1, 6-3
3 Joelle Schwenk (UK) def. Suzanna Gracanin (UL) - 6-0, 7-5
4 Christine Simpson (UK) def. Robyn White (UL) - 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)
5 Lara Maurer (UK) def. Ariana Marshall (UL) - 6-1, 6-0
6 Stephania Velasquez (UL) def. Caroline Winebrenner (UK) - 3-6, 6-4,1-0 (10-6)