Women's Tennis Beats Houston 5-2

Saturday, April 6

Tulsa, Okla.

11:00 AM

University of Louisville

Houston

April 11, 2013 | Women's Tennis

April 11, 2013

The University of Louisville women's tennis team beat a short-handed University of Houston 5-2 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa.

Louisville took a quick 1-0 lead in the match, opening the doubles round with convincing wins at the top two positions.

After moving to the No. 3 singles spot for the first time this season, senior Maja Kazimieruk saw a six-game winning streak snapped by Manuela Velasquez by a score of 6-0, 6-2, suffering just her third loss of the spring.

The Cardinals claimed another victory at the No. 6 position before Charlotte Phillips put the Cougars on the board with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Stefanie Villajuan at the No. 4. Louisville's Rebecca Shine clinched the match for the Cardinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Rocio Martin Fernandez at the No. 2 position before Dionne Sanders rounded out the scoring for Houston by outlasting Mandy Brown, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6 to improve to 10-6 on the spring and 4-0 at the No. 5 spot.


Louisville 5, Houston 2DOUBLES
1. Fellerhoff/Shine (UL) def. Martin Fernandez/Phillips (UH), 8-02. Bodine/Villajuan (UL) def. Garvey/Kordolaimi (UH), 8-23. Velasquez/Brown (UL) def. Kazimieruk/Sanders (UH), 8-5Order of Finish: 1,2*,3SINGLES1. Julia Fellerhoff (UL) def. Elena Kordolaimi (UH), 6-7(4), 6-3, 10-52. Rebecca Shine (UL) def. Rocio Martin Fernandez (UH), 6-3, 6-43. Manuela Velasquez (UL) def. Maja Kazimieruk (UH), 6-0, 6-24. Charlotte Phillips (UH) def. Stefanie Villajuan (UL), 6-1, 6-45. Dionne Sanders (UH) def. Mandy Brown (UL), 4-6, 6-4, 10-66. Rebecca Bodine (UL) def. Jo Garvey (UH), 6-1, 6-1Order of Finish: 3,6,4,2*,1,5*Clinching point