March 15, 2008

NATCHITOCHES, La. - Battling windy conditions and a Demon team that had won six straight matches heading in to Saturday, the University of Memphis women's tennis team (6-8) fell 6-1 on the road Saturday afternoon at Northwestern State University (10-4).

Memphis trailed early in the match, losing all three doubles matches. From there, the Lady Tigers battled, with Marjorie Ondeck and Lindsey Wiseman each forcing super-tiebreaks, with Ondeck prevailing 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 at No. 2 singles for Memphis' lone point of the match. Wiseman fell 4-6, 6-1, 10-6 at No. 3 singles.

The Lady Tigers will wrap up the Louisiana swing with a Sunday match at McNeese State.0

Northwestern State 6, Memphis 1
Singles competition:
1. Patzer, Bogusia (NWLA) def. Ashley Murdock (UM) 6-3, 6-4
2. Marjorie Ondeck (UM) def. Lange, Kathrin (NWLA) 6-2, 4-6, 11-9
3. Curukovic, Adna (NWLA) def. Lindsey Wiseman (UM) 4-6, 6-1, 10-6
4. Schulz, Bianca (NWLA) def. Amanda Brown (UM) 6-0, 6-1
5. Posada, Daniela (NWLA) def. Kristin Chamberlain (UM) 6-2, 6-2
6. Colic, Dragana (NWLA) def. Dara Toulch (UM) 7-6, 7-6

Doubles competition:
1. Patzer, Bogusia/Posada, Daniela (NWLA) def. Ashley Murdock/Marjorie Ondeck (UM) 8-4
2. Lange, Kathrin/Schulz, Bianca (NWLA) def. Ekin Zafir/Amanda Brown (UM) 8-4
3. Curukovic, Adna/Scriba, Marie (NWLA) def. Lindsey Wiseman/Dara Toulch (UM) 8-4