Women's Tennis Beats Wright State

Sunday, March 19

Louisville, Ky.

7:00 PM

University of Louisville

Wright State

March 19, 2006 | Women's Tennis

March 19, 2006

The University of Louisville women's tennis team beat Wright State 4-2 in the second match of the day for the Cardinals. The No. 68 ranked Cardinals improved their record to 15-5.

"It was good to get a win over Wright State," said U of L head coach Greg Davis. "The match at Indiana took a lot of us and that showed a lot that we came back and won the match in the evening."

U of L swept all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Maria Klokotzky and Robyn White won 8-5 at No.1. Freshmen Bianca Gorbea and Natalia Baez easily rolled at No. 2 with a 8-1 win over Jessica Lee and Megan Laux. Natalie Laszkowski and Suzanna Gracanin won 8-2 at No. 3.

In singles, Gorbea beat Jessica Lee 6-4, 6-2 at No .2 to clinch the match. Gracanin added another Cardinal point with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 3. Stephania Velazquez won easily over Christa Ames at No. 5 6-1, 6-1.

SINGLES1, Tiffani Foster (WSU) def. Maria Klokotzky (UL) 6-4, default2. Bianca Gorbea (UL) def. Jessica Lee 6-4, 6-23. Suzanna Gracanin (UL) def. Audra Beckett 6-3, 6-34. Natalia Baez (UL) def. Laura Culbertson 6-1, 4-6, 2-0 DNF5. Stephania Velazquez (UL) def. Christa Ames 6-1, 6-16. Megan Laux (WSU) def. An Nguyen 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES1. Klokotzky/White (UL) def. Beckett/Foster 8-52. Gorbea/Baez (UL) def. Lee/Laux 8-13. Laszkowski/Gracanin (UL) def. Culbertson/Ames 8-2