Feb. 2, 2003

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Memphis women's tennis team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 7-0 loss to No. 36 Ole Miss, Sunday, in a non-conference match.

Memphis battled for the doubles point, with all three matches being won by Ole Miss, 8-6.

Sophomores Viktoria Gruber and Marlene Dirnstorfer had the closest contended-matches of the afternoon, with both players dropping their first sets 6-3 and their second sets 6-2.

The Lady Tigers remain on the road with eight more road matches, starting Thursday at Arkansas-Little Rock.

No. 36 Ole Miss 7, Memphis 0
Doubles
No. 1 - Mira Radu/Virginia Tomatis def. Sabrina Lindemann/Monica Gonzalez-Gordo (UM), 8-6
No. 2 -- Audra Adams/Sabrina Peppl def. Sumitra Rao/Marlene Dirnstorfer(UM), 8-6
No. 3 - Florencia Basile/Karem Harboe def. Viktoria Gruber/Andrea Feichtinger (UM), 8-6

Singles
No. 1 - Mira Radu def. Sabrina Lindemann (UM), 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 - Florencia Basile def. Monica Gonzalez-Gordo (UM), 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 - Karem Harboe def. Sumitra Rao (UM), 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 - Virginia Tomatis def. Viktoria Gruber (UM), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 - Audra Adams def. Marlene Dirnstorfer (UM), 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 - Sabrina Peppl def. Andrea Feichtinger (UM), 6-1, 6-4