Women's Tennis Upsets No. 66 Ohio State

Sunday, March 6

Columbia, Mo.

9:00 AM

University of Louisville

Ohio State

Natalie Laszkowski won a three-set match at No. 5 for the Cardinals.

March 06, 2005 | Women's Tennis

March 6, 2005

The University of Louisville women's tennis team came back from a 0-3 deficit to upset No. 66 Ohio State 4-3 in Columbia, Missouri. The Cardinals move to 13-5 for the season.

The Cardinals dropped the doubles point but didn't go down without a fight. Kelly Taylor and Natalie Laszkowski, who moved up to No. 1, fell 8-5 to Lindsey Adams and Sonia Rusimovsky. Suzanna Gracanin and Robyn White were edged 8-6 at No. 2 and U of L had to default No. 3 doubles.

"I am so proud of the team to scratch and claw to upset this Big Ten team after being down 3-0 says a lot for their effort and heart today," said Greg Davis, U of L head coach. "It is our first ever win against Ohio State."

In singles, Leslie Stewart fell 6-1, 6-4 to Adams and U of L had to default No. 6 singles. That left the burden of the point scoring to the middle of the Cardinal lineup and it took two three-set matches to get it done.

At No. 3 singles, Taylor eked out a 7-5 win in the first set and got hammered 0-6 in the second. She regrouped and won 6-2 in the third. Laszkowski was edged 6-7 at No. 5 in the first set and squeaked by 7-6 in the second set before rolling 6-0 in the third. Gracanin edged Sonia Ruzimovsky 7-6 in the first set at No. 4 and then won 6-4 in the second.

SINGLESNo. 1 Lindsey Adams (OSU) def. Leslie Stewart 6-1, 6-4No. 2 Robyn White (UL) def. Emily DeCamilla 7-5, 6-0No. 3 Kelly Taylor (UL) def. Meredith Vincent 7-5, 0-6, 6-2No. 4 Suzanna Gracanin (UL) def. Sonia Ruzimovsky 7-6, 6-4No. 5 Natalie Laszkowski (UL) def. Caitlin O'Keefe 6-7, 7-6, 6-0No. 6 Louisville default
DOUBLESNo. 1 Adams/Ruzimovsky (OSU) def. Taylor/Laszkowski 8-5No. 2 DeCamilla/ Vincent (OSU) def. White/Gracanin 8-6No. 3 Louisville default