Women's Tennis Falls to No. 3 Notre Dame

Friday, February 9

South Bend, Ind.

3:00 PM

University of Louisville

Notre Dame

Natalie Laszkowski upset No. 31 ranked Colleen Reilly at No. 2.

February 09, 2007 | Women's Tennis

Feb. 9, 2007

The No. 71-ranked University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 3 Notre Dame Friday afternoon in South Bend. Notre Dame improves to 5-1 with the Cardinals posting a 2-5 mark.

"We played very well today at Notre Dame," said Greg Davis, U of L head coach. "Natalie Laszkowski had a big, big win at No. 2. This was a tough match against a deep, talented team that was coming off making the finals at the Indoor Nationals last week."

U of L scored its point at No. 2 singles when Laszkowski battled back to upset No. 31-ranked Colleen Rielley. Laszkowski dropped the opening set 6-2, but came back with a 6-4 victory in the second set and then took the match with a 1-0 (10-8) victory in the third set.

Another highlight came when the No. 2 team of Bianca Gorbea and Jo-Ann Van Aerde took the Notre Dame doubles team of Cosmina Ciobanu and Kali Krisik to task . Ciobanu and Krisik took a 5-3 lead but the Louisville pair came back with a break of their own, tying the match, 5-5. Back on serve, Gorbea and Van Aerde pushed the advantage to 6-5, before falling 8-6.

Singles1.) #41 Catrina Thompson (ND)  def. Robyn White 6-0,  4 -1 ret.2.)   Natalie Laszkowski (UL) def. #31 Colleen Rielley  2-6, 6-4  (10-8)3.)  Cosmina Ciobanu (ND) def. Jo-Ann Van Aerde 6-0, 6 -04.)  Brook Buck (NDU)def. Bianca Gorbea 6-3, 7-55.)  Katie Potts (ND) def. Natalia Baez 6-1, 6-46.) Notre Dame wins by default
 Doubles1.) Buck/Ca. Thompson (ND)defeat White/Laszkowski 8-22.) Ciobanu/Krisik def Gorbea/Van Aerde 8-63.) Notre Dame wins by default