Women's Tennis Cooks Rice 4-3

Saturday, March 14

Louisville, Ky.

1:00 PM

University of Louisville

Rice

March 14, 2009 | Women's Tennis

March 14, 2009

The University of Louisville women's tennis team took the doubles point and then battled a determined Rice University squad in singles with two tiebreakers to win 4-3 Saturday afternoon at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

"This was a really good performance," said U of L head coach Mark Beckham. "It is gratifying to see the true self-confidence of this team coming back. We needed to pull off a win over a nationally ranked team to get our self-belief back."

This is the second win in a row for the Cardinals after a 10 day break in the schedule.

U of L took all three doubles matches with the No. 1 duo of Natalia Baez and Bianca Gorbea rolled 8-1 over Ana Guzman and Julie Chao to set the tone. Lauren Imre and Amelia Harris staved off the hard charging No. 3 pair of Alex Rausch and Rebekha Hanle 8-6. U of L's Lindsey Jones and Jo-Ann Van Aerde made it a sweep, but it was no easy task as Becca Lin and Jess Jackson dug their heels in before falling 9-8 (7-4).

U of L got wins at No. 2 singles when Gorbea bumped Guzman 6-1, 6-4. Imre won over Jess Jackson 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3. Freshman Sarah Miller won 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) at No. 6 to clinch the win.

Singles
1.)  Julie Chao (RU) def. Lindsey Jones 6-2, 7-52.) Bianca Gorbea (UL) def. Ana Guzman 6-1, 6-43.) Lauren Imre (UL) def. Jess Jackson 6-2, 6-34.) Rebekha Hanle (RU) def. Nataliz Baez 7-5, 5-7, (1) 10-65.) Becca Lin (RU) def. Jo-Ann Van Aerde 6-2, 6-26.) Sarah Miller (UL) def. Alex Rasch 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
Doubles1.) Gorbea/Baez (UL) def. Guzman/Chao 8-12.) Jones/Van Aerde (UL) def. Lin/Jackson 9-8 (7-4)3.) Imre/Harris (UL) def Rasch/Hanle 8-6