Feb. 27, 2004

TROY, Ala. - The University of Memphis women's tennis team fell to 4-4 on the season with a 6-1 loss at Troy State, Friday.

Troy State swept all three doubles matches to go up 1-0 early, then won singles matches one thru five to decide the match. Lady Tiger freshman Alex Tjioe picked up Memphis' only point with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Luz-Angela Garcia.

The Lady Tigers will stay in Troy to face East Tennessee State, Saturday at noon.

Troy State 6, Memphis 1
Doubles
No. 1 - Luisa Lopez/Carolilna Aravena def. Viktoria Gruber/Marlene Dirnstorfer (UM), 8-6
No. 2 - Christina Mancheno/Tsitsi Masviba def. Andrea Feichtinger/Yesica Ares (UM), 8-2
No. 3 - Laura Alarcon/Suzanne Jones def. Christina Wieser/Alex Tjioe (UM), 8-2
Singles
No. 1 - Luisa Lopez def. Marlene Dirnstorfer (UM), 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 - Carolina Aravena def. Viktoria Gruber (UM), 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 - Tsitsi Masviba def. Andrea Feichtinger (UM), 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 - Suzanne Jones def. Yesica Ares (UM), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 - Christina Mancheno def. Christina Wieser (UM), 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 - Alex Tjioe (UM) def. Luz-Angela Garcia, 6-3, 6-4