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University of Louisville
at Baylor Invite
Women's Tennis Has Successful Weekend at Baylor
September 18, 2006 | Women's Tennis
Sept. 18, 2006
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Freshman Jo-Ann Van Aerde lost her first match but then ran through and won the White Consolation Bracket as the University of Louisville women's tennis team took the court for the first time this fall at the Baylor Fall Invitational in Waco, Texas.
"I think it was a very difficult tournament. Whenever you are playing against top teams in the country in the first tournament of the year, you have to make sure you show up to play," said U of L head coach Greg Davis. "Working on consistency. When January comes around and Vandy is across the net we are ready to play."
Four Cardinals travelled to Baylor for this prestigious tourney. The doubles combination of Natalie Laszkowski and Bianca Gorbea, who were seeded No.4, beat Daniela Navakova and Marissa Brown of Texas 9-7. They then fell to Rice's Kimberley Patenaude and Tiffany Lee 8-5 in the Green Draw.
Van Aerde paired with Natalia Baez in the White Draw and they upset No. 3 seeded Rebecca Lin and Emily Braid of Rice. They then fell to Monica Neveklovska and Hillary Collins 8-2.
In singles, Laszkowski fell to Natalie Araya of Lee in the opening round and did not survive the Gold Consolation bracket,falling to Corina Lazar 6-1, 6-1. Gorbea beat Kristen Reid of SMU 6-3, 6-1 and then advanced with a 6-2,6-0 win over Marta Marcinkowska of Tulsa. Rice's Tiffany Lee finally tripped up Gorbea in the semi-finals, when she fell 6-3, 6-3.
In the White Draw, Baez won her first match with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Tulsa's Julie Westphall. Baez then came back to win over No. 4 seeded Emily Braid 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Oklahoma's Brittany Baldy advanced when Baez had to retire. Van Aerde beat Lee's Elisa Leeder 7-6 (3), 6-1 and then beat Oklahoma's Rachel Cox 6-3, 6-2 in the semis. She beat Braidin the finals 6-3, 6-1 for the win.
