Women's Tennis Falls Short To Long Beach

Friday, March 20

Los Angeles, Calif.

5:00 PM

University of Louisville

Long Beach State

The Cardinals will play Loyola Marymount Saturday.

March 20, 2009 | Women's Tennis

March 20, 2009

The No. 75-ranked University of Louisville women's tennis team fell 6-1 to Long Beach State as the 49ers swept the doubles point and picked up five singles wins to beat the Cardinals.

The 49ers started out the day with a trio of wins in doubles. Hannah Grady and Jessica Weeks lived up to their top billing with an 8-2 win over U of L's Natalia Baez and Bianca Gorbea, and Deborah Armstrong and Lisa Sutton clinched the doubles point with a 8-4 win over Lindsey Jones and Jo-Ann Van Aerde.

In singles, Long Beach State swept the top five spots. Louisville got its lone point from freshman Sarah Miller who battled to a 7-6 win in the first set and then fell 6-0 in the second before digging in for the 10-6 tiebreaker.

The Cardinals will play Loyola Marymount at Long Beach tomorrow.


DoublesGrady/Weeks, LBSU def. Baez/Gorbea, UL, 8-2Armstrong/Sutton, LBSU def. Jones/Van Aerde, UL, 8-4Dallara/Manasse, LBSU def. Imre/Harris, UL, 8-5
SinglesHannah Grady, LBSU, def. Lindsey Jones, UL 6-4, 6-4Deborah Armstrong, LBSU def. Bianca Gorbea, UL, 6-4, 7-5Rachel Manasse, LBSU def. Lauren Imre, UL, 7-5, 6-0Anais Dallara, LBSU def. Jo-Ann Van Aerde, UL, 6-1, 6-0Julie Luzar LBSU, def. Natalia Baez, UL, 6-4, 6-3Sarah Miller, UL def. Lisa Sutton, LBSU, 7-6, [5] 0-6, 10-6