March 27, 2004

CONWAY, S.C. - The University of Memphis women's tennis team evened its overall record at 9-9 with a 4-3 win over Coastal Carolina (11-4), in non-conference play, Saturday.

The Lady Tigers jumped up early, winning the doubles point with victories from the No. 1 and 3 doubles squads. In the singles portion of the match, Marlene Dirnstorfer, Andrea Feichtinger and Alex Tjioe nailed down the 4-3 win by winning their respective singles matches.

The Lady Tigers will return to Memphis only to depart again for the final regular season road trip of the year when they face UAB, Cincinnati and DePaul in a C-USA tournament preview next weekend in Birmingham, Ala.

Memphis 4, Coastal 3
Singles
1 - Marlene Dirnstorfer (UM) def. Medina Bajrambasic, 6-3, 6-4
2 - Marie Matrka def. Viktoria Gruber (UM), 6-2, 7-6
3 - Andrea Feichtinger (UM) def. Virginie Dinh, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
4 - Petra Jantti def. Yesica Ares (UM), 7-5, 6-2
5 - Nicole Lemmerer def. Kristin Noble (UM), 6-0, 6-1
6 - Alex Tjioe (UM) def. Jessica Cleland, 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
1 - Dirnstorfer/Gruber(UM) def. Bajrambasic/Matrka, 9-8 (5)
2 - Dinh/Jantti def. Feichtinger/Tjioe (UM), 8-3
3 - Noble/Christina Wieser (UM) def. Lemmerer/Cleland, 8-3