March 22, 2003

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Memphis women's tennis team earned its 12th win of the season, 6-1, over Troy State, Saturday, at The University of Memphis courts. It was Memphis' first win over Troy State since Apr. 3, 1999.

"This is a team that we haven't beat in a while," Head Coach Charlotte Peterson said. "We usually end up in really close matches with them, so to win this match is a big victory for us."

The Lady Tigers opened the match by winning the No. 1 and 3 doubles matches to take the doubles point and go up 1-0.

That score went to 2-0 Memphis when Marlene Dirnstorfer won her No. 5 match over Emma Heffeman, 6-4, 6-0. Wins from Viktoria Gruber and Andrea Feichtinger at No. 3 and 6, respectively, made it 4-0 Memphis before Troy State got on the board with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 3 singles when Mariana Melo downed Memphis' Sumitra Rao. The final two singles matches to finish were the top two singles matches. Senior Monica Gonzalez-Gordo survived a scare to win her No. 2 match, 6-4, 6-4, and Sabrina Lindemann came back after dropping the second set 7-5 to win the third set tie-break, 10-6, to pick up her fourth No. 1 singles victory of the season.

Memphis will hit the road for a three-match swing through Florida beginning Mar. 27th. Memphis will play at Rollins College, the No. 8 team in the country in NCAA Division II, the 27th at 3:30 p.m. (EST). The Lady Tigers will follow that match with a C-USA contest at South Florida, the 30th at 1 p.m. (EST) and will finish the road swing at the University of Central Florida the 31st at 1 p.m. Memphis will return home to finish its home stand against Auburn-Montgomery, the No. 2 women's team in the NAIA, Apr. 3rd at 2:30 p.m. That will mark the final home match for seniors Sabrina Lindemann, Sumitra Rao and Monica Gonzalez-Gordo. Memphis will finish its regular season schedule at Arkansas State, Apr. 8th at 2 p.m.

Memphis 6, Troy State 1
Singles
No. 1 - Sabrina Lindemann (UM) def. Luisa Lopez, 6-2, 5-7, 10-6
No. 2 - Monica Gonzalez-Gordo (UM) def. Carolina Aravena, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 - Mariane Melo def. Sumitra Rao (UM), 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 - Viktoria Gruber (UM) def. Laura Alarcon, 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 - Marlene Dirnstorfer (UM) def. Emma Heffeman, 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 - Andrea Feichtinger (UM) def. Lize-Marie Myburgh, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Lindemann/Gonzalez-Gordo (UM) def. Lopez/Alarcon, 8-2
No. 2 - Melo/Aravena def. Rao/Dirnstorfer (UM), 8-2
No. 3 - Gruber/Feichtinger (UM) def. Leslie Gamon/Myburgh, 8-1

Records:
Memphis: 12-5
Troy State: 4-3