No. 72 ranked Women's Tennis Falls to No. 21-ranked Kentucky

Tuesday, February 20

Louisville, Ky.

7:00 PM

University of Louisville

KENTUCKY

Gorbea won at both singles and doubles for the Cardinals.

No. 72 ranked Women's Tennis Falls to No. 21-ranked Kentucky

February 20, 2007 | Women's Tennis

Feb. 20, 2007

The No. 71 ranked University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 21 ranked visiting Kentucky Tuesday night at the Bass Rudd Tennis Center.

"It was a good performance tonight," said U of L head coach Greg Davis. "I thought Natalie Laszkowski played extremely well at No. 1 and pushed her opponent to the limit in the second set. I thought Bianca Gorbea had a great evening as well."

The Cardinals (3-8) were short-handed due to injury were down 1-0 to start the match, having to default at No. 6 singles. U of L battled for the doubles point with Bianca Gorbea and Jo-Ann Van Aerde winning 8-2 at No. 2 over Sarah Woestmann and Whitney Spencer. But Robyn White and Natalie Laszkowski could not hold on at No. 1, falling 8-5 to Kim Coventry and Joelle Schwenk.

In singles, Bianca Gorbea scored U of L's only point with a 6-2, 3-6, 10-7 win over Jessica Giuggioli at No. 4. Laszkowski tried to battle back after dropping her first set 6-2 at No. 1 to Coventry before being edged 7-6 in the second. Robyn White fell 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 to Schwenk. Van Aerde's 6-1, 6-1 loss at No. 3 gave the match to Kentucky when Sarah Woestmann recovered from her loss in doubles for the win. Natalia Baez took Whitney Spencer to the wire in the first set before falling 7-5 but Spencer rolled 6-1 in the second for the win.

Singles1.) Kim Coventry (UK) def. Natalie Laszkowski 6-2, 7-62.) Joelle Schwenk (UK) def. Robyn White 6-1, 6-03.) Sarah Woestmann (UK) def. Jo-Ann Van Aerde 6-1, 6-14.) Bianca Gorbea (UL) def. Jessica Giuggioli 6-2, 3-6, 10-75.) Whitney Spencer (UK) def. Natalia Baez 7-5, 6-16.) Caroline Winebrenner (UK) won by default
Doubles1.) Coventry/Schwenk (UK) def. White/Laszkowski  8-52.) Gorbea/Van Aerde (UL) def. Woestmann/Spencer 8-23.) Winebrenner/Johnston won by default.
Order of Finish (doubles) 3, 1, 2(singles) 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4