Women's Tennis Sweeps BIG EAST Rival West Virginia

Sunday, January 23

Louisville, Ky.

10:00 AM

University of Louisville

WEST VIRGINIA

January 23, 2011 | Women's Tennis

Jan. 23, 2011

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The University of Louisville women's tennis team took the doubles point and then swept all six singles to beat BIG EAST rival West Virginia 7-0 Sunday morning at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center. The Cardinals are now 2-0 in dual matches and have an evening match ahead with intrastate rival Morehead State at 4 p.m. at the Bass-Rudd.

"It is always good to win within the conference because it definitely carries seeding weight for the tournament," said U of L head coach Mark Beckham. "Outside of the win, I thought we played a level better than we did on Friday. We got rid of our first match jitters and now we can build momentum and help progress every match."

The No. 33-ranked doubles team of Mandy Brown and Julia Fellerhoff made quick work of WVU's Mary Chupa and Veronica Cardenas with a 8-3 win at No. 1. Next to finish was Sarah Miller and Becca Shine, who paired to beat Liv Pettersson and Ashley Pilsbury 8-2 at No. 3. Although the doubles point was already decided, Stefanie Villajuan and Amelia Harris pulled out a gritty 8-7 (7-2) win.

Fellerhoff dispatched Tanik 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 for the first singles point. Sarah Miller won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 for the third point and Becca Shine clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Cardenas.

Sonia Bokhari won easily at No. 4 with a 6-1, 6-2 over Chupa. Gabi Duncan had a stiff challenge in the first set at No. 6 from Pettersson but won 6-4 and then rolled 6-0 in the second set.


Doubles1.) Brown/Fellerhoff (UL) def. Chupa/Cardenas 8-32.) Villajuan/Harris (UL) def. Tanik/Mathis 8-7 (7-2)3.) Miller/Shine (UL) def. Pettersson/Pilsbury 8-2
Singles1.) Julia Fellerhoff (UL) def. Melis Tanik 6-1, 6-12.) Mandy Brown (UL) def. Emily Mathis 6-3, 6-13.) Becca Shine (UL) def. Veronica Cardenas 6-3, 6-34.) Sonia Bokhari (UL) def. Mary Chupa 6-1, 6-25.) Sarah Miller (UL) def. Ashley Pilsbury 6-2, 6-16.) Gabi Duncan (UL) def. Liv Pettersson 6-4, 6-0
Becca Shine Clinched match at No. 3.